Shine was a loyal lieutenant to Mr. Ailes, and his continued role in newsroom leadership has been cited by women’s groups and some newsroom employees as a sign
that Fox News’s parent company, 21st Century Fox, is not serious about reforming the workplace culture embodied by Mr. Ailes and Mr. O’Reilly.
But Mr. Shine’s job security has been a matter of intense speculation inside Fox News’s Manhattan newsroom, which is still reeling from the forced exit of Bill O’Reilly in the wake of revelations
that Mr. O’Reilly and Fox News had paid millions to settle accusations of harassment.
Several employees said that one sentiment heard in the newsroom is
that if the network could fire Mr. O’Reilly — its highest-rated anchor and a source of tens of millions of dollars in annual revenue — then no employee was safe.
“Somebody HIGH UP AND INSIDE F. N.C.
is trying to get an innocent person fired,” Mr. Hannity wrote, referring to a report in New York magazine
that Mr. Shine’s support from the Murdoch family, which controls Fox News Channel, was wavering.
Shine has not been publicly accused of the sort of aggressive harassment or coercion that was repeatedly attributed to Mr. Ailes and Mr. O’Reilly.
Sean Hannity Defends Executive as Fox News Turmoil Continues -
By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM and EMILY STEELAPRIL 27, 2017
Swirling tensions at Fox News burst into public view on Thursday as one of its stars, Sean Hannity, spoke
out in defense of an embattled executive at the center of an expanding culture clash inside the network.