"Everyone is scared of Fox": Why Mickey Kaus quit the Daily Caller

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A well-known blogger has quit his job at the conservative website the Daily Caller — because his employer wouldn't let him criticize Fox News.

Mickey Kaus announced his departure earlier today, and Politico's Dylan Byers was the first to get the scoop on his resignation. "I wrote a piece attacking Fox for not being the opposition on immigration and amnesty," Kaus, an opponent of granting legal status to unauthorized immigrants, told Byers. But, he said, Daily Caller editor-in-chief Tucker Carlson took down the piece, saying, "We can't trash Fox on the site. I work there," and adding that this was a rule.

Kaus argued that this was a symptom of a larger dynamic in the conservative movement, telling Byers, "Everybody is scared of Fox. ... Fox is their route to a high-profile public image and in some cases stardom. Just to be on a Fox show is a big deal. And I think that's a problem on the right, Fox's monopoly on star-making power."

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In his past few years at the Daily Caller, Kaus has increasingly focused on his opposition to a path to legalization for unauthorized immigrants, criticizing "amnesty" supporters on the left and right. Check out Byers' piece for more on how Kaus' exit went down.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2015/03/mickey-kaus-quits-daily-caller-after-tucker-carlson-204135.html




http://www.vox.com/2015/3/17/8237929/mickey-kaus-fox

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

1. So he accused Fox of not hating immigrants enough and that is why he was silenced

Welcome to the fucking twilight zone of hate

He wanted to do this

"I wrote a piece attacking Fox for not being the opposition on immigration and amnesty,"

i.e. criticize them for not being the official site to express hate of immigrants...

[Mass]

2. So Fox is not RW/crazy enough for Kaus?

The anti-immigration branch of the RW party is really frightening.

[Rex]

5. Their worldview is getting more and more similar to ISIS.

Really, these two groups are birds of a feather though would probably kill each other if they had the chance.

[KamaAina]

3. I remember having several heated exchanges with The Mick back in his Slate days

[Rex]

4. Well in fairness, most people are scared of domestic terrorists. Looks like complaining

about Fox gets you blacklisted. McCarthy would be proud.