Former Fox News Executive Said to Be Considered for White House Job
Source: nytimes
Bill Shine, a former co-president of Fox News and top lieutenant to the networks founder, Roger Ailes, has spoken with White House officials about taking a position on President Trumps communications team, according to several people briefed on the discussions.
Mr. Shine has no political experience outside of producing cable news, and he was forced out of Fox News in May after his name surfaced in lawsuits that accused him of abetting Mr. Ailess harassing behavior toward women. (Mr. Shine has denied all wrongdoing, as did Mr. Ailes, who died in May.)
But Mr. Shine has an influential ally in the Fox News host Sean Hannity, an informal adviser to Mr. Trump and one of his most loyal on-air supporters who dined with Mr. Shine, the president and the first lady at the White House last week.....................
Mr. Shine was also a loyal deputy to Mr. Ailes, an association that eventually led to his departure from the network. Although Mr. Shine denied knowing that Mr. Ailes had sexually harassed employees, his presence at the network was eventually seen as a symbol of a tainted era that the Murdoch family, which controls Fox News, was trying to leave behind...............
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/01/business/media/bill-shine-fox-news-white-house.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur
More slimy creatures maybe added to the WH sewer
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From article:
Bill Shine after a meeting with Donald J. Trump on Nov. 21, 2016, at Trump Tower in New York City. Lucas Jackson/Reuters
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,727 posts)Justice
(7,188 posts)CurtEastPoint
(18,680 posts)Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)They would probably attract an applicant pool more to their liking.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,950 posts)Just like Bannon is the zombie Andrew Breitbart, so too would Shine be the zombie Roger Ailes. Might as well add Murdoch (or his children) into the mix to complete the triumvirate.
chowder66
(9,104 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,411 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)That oughtta help.
groundloop
(11,532 posts)What's one more?
Afromania
(2,771 posts)LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,601 posts)keithbvadu2
(37,035 posts)Initech
(100,138 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)brooklynite
(94,950 posts)wishstar
(5,272 posts)Would raise too many questions about Trump colluding with Fox creating fake stories
Gothmog
(145,839 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,227 posts)Turbineguy
(37,412 posts)There's always a home for a lying sack of shit with the trump administration!