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<br />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.<br />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<br />that Mr. O’Reilly and Fox News had paid millions to settle accusations of harassment.<br />Sean Hannity Defends Executive as Fox News Turmoil Continues -<br />By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM and EMILY STEELAPRIL 27, 2017<br />Swirling tensions at Fox News burst into public view on Thursday as one of its stars, Sean Hannity, spoke<br />out in defense of an embattled executive at the center of an expanding culture clash inside the network.<br />“Somebody HIGH UP AND INSIDE F. N.C.<br />is trying to get an innocent person fired,” Mr. Hannity wrote, referring to a report in New York magazine<br />that Mr. Shine’s support from the Murdoch family, which controls Fox News Channel, was wavering.<br />Some Fox News employees have speculated that the Murdoch family’s decision to fire Mr. O’Reilly was a signal<br />that the old-guard, Ailes-era management of Fox News is on the way out.
