WhatFinger

Is the tick-tocking of the clock over at Fox News nearing the midnight hour for Sean Hannity? Millions of viewers most fervently hope not.

Did Sean Hannity Unwittingly Tweet Out His Own Pink Slip?

By Judi McLeod ——--April 28, 2017

Cover Story | CFP Comments | Reader Friendly | Subscribe | Email Us

It’s not Fox News co-president Bill Shine fans should be the most worried about, but the ‘Fair and Balanced to President Donald Trump’ Sean Hannity. In coming to the defense of Shine On Twitter today, Hannity warned that Shine’s dismissal dismissal would be the “End of FNC as we know it”. You can’t be a conservative loyal to friends and colleagues and remain employed by Fox News, Sean. Didn’t you know that?
“Sean Hannity took to Twitter Thursday to defend embattled Fox News co-president Bill Shine following a report that suggested Shine’s future with the network could be on unsteady ground. (Variety, April 27, 2017)
“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,” Hannity tweeted, with a link to Gabe Sherman’s New York magazine story citing unnamed sources who claimed that Shine has become worried about what he perceives as lack of public support for him from 21st Century Fox leaders Rupert, Lachlan and James Murdoch. Hannity then apologized for inserting a diaeresis into Sherman’s name, writing, “Ha. Gabe sorry about the 2 dots. I couldn’t do that again if I tried. Best Sean.”
“Hannity and Shine have a long history at the 21st Century Fox-owned cable-news outlet. Hannity recommended that Fox News hire Shine early in the network’s history, and Shine was an early producer on “Hannity & Colmes,” one of the first primetime programs on the network’s schedule.
“Hannity also claimed that Shine was was the victim of an internal Fox News plot to undermine his leadership, tweeting, “Somebody HIGH UP AND INSIDE FNC is trying to get an innocent person fired. And Gabe I KNOW WHO it is. Best Sean.” He followed up by tweeting #istandwithbill. When other Twitter users expressed confusion as to whether Hannity was supporting Shine or recently departed Fox News host Bill O’Reilly, Hannity tweeted again, “I’ll change it. #Istandwithshine.”
“A Fox News spokesperson declined to comment on Hannity’s Twitter activity. “Shine was one of several executives mentioned in a class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday by 11 former and current Fox News employees and contributors claiming racial discrimination within the company. The lawsuit came on the heels of last week’s ouster of longtime host Bill “O’Reilly in the face of mounting sexual harassment charges. In July, former Fox News chief Roger Ailes was fired over his own sexual-harassment scandal. Shine and fellow co-president Jack Abernethy were appointed by Murdoch to take over as network co-presidents after Ailes’ departure.”

Support Canada Free Press

Donate

KNOWING WHO IT IS among the “HIGH UP AND NSIDE FNC would be the equivalent of signing your own pink slip.

KNOWING WHO IT IS among the “HIGH UP AND NSIDE FNC would be the equivalent of signing your own pink slip. Roger Ailes is gone. Ditto for Bill O’Reilly and, if Gabe Sherman is right, Bill Shine is next. The purge at Fox News seems to be continuing on to an end game called an Agatha Christie-like ‘And Then There Were None’. But the end of FNC “as we know it” didn’t happen just today. The end came the day Robert, Lachlan and James Murdoch took day-to-day control of the network. Is the tick-tocking of the clock over at Fox News nearing the midnight hour for Sean Hannity? Millions of viewers most fervently hope not.
Subscribe

View Comments
Judi McLeod—— -- Judi McLeod, Founder, Owner and Editor of Canada Free Press, is an award-winning journalist with more than 30 years’ experience in the print and online media. A former Toronto Sun columnist, she also worked for the Kingston Whig Standard. Her work has appeared throughout the ‘Net, including on Rush Limbaugh and Fox News.

VIEW Comments

Sponsored