The website’s decision to terminate some of its most prominent writers is the latest evidence of a dramatic shift in right-wing outletsBy Rosie Gray
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/04/redstate-and-the-dwindling-space-for-anti-trump-conservatives/559223/RedState was a rare thing these days in the conservative media: a platform for an array of different opinions about President Trump.
That now seems to be a thing of the past, as media on the right has split into two camps: the full-on Trump boosterism of Breitbart or Fox News’s opinion programs, or anti-Trump critique as exemplified by National Review. On Friday, several contract writers were let go from the conservative website RedState and its editor, Caleb Howe, was fired. One thing many of them had in common was their vocal criticism of Trump . . .
. . . Caleb Howe pointed out that RedState is keeping some Trump-critical writers. But he emphasized that one of those fired was Susan Wright, an anti-Trump writer who, he said, had consistently been one of the highest-trafficked writers on the site.
“The most Trump-critical people, the most vocally critical were on the list, especially Susan Wright,†he said. “Susan also happens to be the number one traffic draw at RedState, so it’s sort of weird if it’s a monetary decision" . . .
. . . [Attorney Patrick] Frey [who wrote at RedState as Patterico] says he’s grateful for his time at RedState and emphasized that the company has the right to fire people. But he worried that the remaining writers were being sent a clear message about what kind of views were now permissible. “It seems like the message of the firings is very clear,†he said. “We won’t tolerate strong criticism of this president" . . .
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