The Fox News Channel has been under siege and constant scrutiny in recent weeks, which seems to have been culminating like drops in a bucket for years.
The colossal news giant has been losing their personalities and executives due to sexual harassment lawsuits involving Bill O’Reilly and Roger Ailes, in addition to losing Megyn Kelly to contract disputes.
And that leaves Sean Hannity as the king of the network. However, he believes that if this one executive is fired, it will be the end of Fox News as we know it.
Breitbart reported:
“Sean Hannity took to Twitter Thursday afternoon to warn of a “total end of the Fox News Channel as we know it” in the wake of a report that suggested Fox News co-president Bill Shine lacks support from the network’s top brass.
In a post on his Twitter account Thursday, Hannity linked to a report by New York magazine’s Gabriel Sherman that claimed Shine — a 21-year veteran at Fox News — had requested a public statement of support from network CEO James Murdoch and co-chairman Lachlan Murdoch, but failed to receive one.
According to Sherman’s report, Shine privately fears for his future at the network as it has endured a series of controversies, including the recent ouster of longtime star anchor Bill O’Reilly.
A Fox News spokesperson told Sherman that Shine denied having approached James and Lachlan Murdoch personally to ask for a statement of support, while a Murdoch spokesman said Shine had not directly requested a statement.”
Sean Hannity exploded on Twitter in frustration.
Gäbe i pray this is NOT true because if it is, that’s the total end of the FNC as we know it. Done. Best Sean https://t.co/W3BJ2wjzRD
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) April 27, 2017
Somebody HIGH UP AND INSIDE FNC is trying to get an innocent person fired. And Gabe I KNOW WHO it is. Best Sean https://t.co/W3BJ2wjzRD
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) April 27, 2017
That implies there is not only a mutiny, but an oppressive force making the decisions.
I’ll change it. #Istandwithshine https://t.co/W3BJ2wjzRD
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) April 27, 2017
Breitbart continued:
“Shine joined Fox News at its inception in 1996 and served as Hannity’s producer on Hannity and Colmes before rising through the ranks to become co-president of the network last year.
This week, the executive was named as a defendant along with Roger Ailes, executive Irena Briganti and consultant Peter Snyder in a harassment lawsuit brought against the network by former anchor Andrea Tantaros.
Shine was also mentioned in a racial discrimination lawsuit brought against Fox by former reporter Kelly Wright this month, though he is not named as one of the defendants in that case.”
Perhaps CEO Roger Murdoch and other Fox News executives are tired of the direction their news network appears to be going and now they are cleaning house – because these rampant lawsuits and allegations seem to be neverending.