In February 2006, The Age reported that a co-founder and writer, Hugo Kelly, had been sacked on the grounds of professional misconduct, but Kelly maintained that Crikey had folded to political pressure and it had "no guts".
The text describes a situation where a co-founder and writer for a news website named Crikey was fired for professional misconduct. The writer disputes this reason and claims that the closure of the website was caused by political pressure and lack of courage.