Matt Drudge is taking advantage of the criticism directed at filmmaker Quentin Tarantino for the use of a racial epithet in his films to inappropriately splatter that epithet across his webpage seven times, in an apparent attempt to shock readers with racially charged rhetoric. Drudge has a history of featuring racially inflammatory language and images on his website.

The offensive Drudge Report headline linked to a Hollywood Reporter review of Quentin Tarantino's upcoming movie “Django Unchained,” which is set in the antebellum South. The reviewer, Todd McCarthy, acknowledged that the film makes heavy use of the offending word, explaining:“Quite naturally, given the historical setting, the N-word gets a heavy workout, by whites and blacks alike.”

Tarantino has been criticized for using the word in previous films. Indeed, Drudge linked to a 1997 Variety article that featured film director Spike Lee, criticizing Tarantino for featuring the word in his film “Jackie Brown.” At the time Lee accused Tarantino of being “infatuated with the word.” 

Drudge has a long history of using racially inflammatory language and imagery on his website. For example, on June 27, 2011, Drudge provided a series of links all of which involved crimes and violence allegedly committed by African Americans.