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    <em>RedState</em> and the Dwindling Space for Anti-Trump Conservatives

    The website’s decision to terminate some of its most prominent writers is the latest evidence of a dramatic shift in right-wing outlets.
    by Rosie Gray Apr 27, 2018 4 minutes
    Source: Tami Chappell / Reuters

    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.

    Howe got the news while driving from his home in North Carolina to Washington to meet with Townhall Media, the arm of Salem, about Facebook strategy. Jonathan Garthwaite, the vice president and general manager of Townhall Media, called him before he got to the meeting and fired him over the phone, Howe told me. Garthwaite did not reply to multiple requests for comment.

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