Former Fox News Executive Said to Be Considered for White House Job

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Source: nytimes






Bill Shine, a former co-president of Fox News and top lieutenant to the network’s founder, Roger Ailes, has spoken with White House officials about taking a position on President Trump’s 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. Ailes’s 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

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More slimy creatures maybe added to the WH sewer

Link to tweet

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]

1. Bonus - he can stay at the same desk. NT

[Justice]

12. ding, ding, ding for best response in 2017

[CurtEastPoint]

2. Christ, how many f'ing COMMUNICATORS does that asshole need?

[Still In Wisconsin]

3. Why don't they just dispense with the charade and re-name this position "Propaganda Minister?"

They would probably attract an applicant pool more to their liking.

[RKP5637]

7. The little sleazy authoritarian Stephen Miller comes to mind.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Miller_(political_advisor)

[BumRushDaShow]

4. OMG

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]

5. They need someone to help cover up the sexual assault claims. nt

[left-of-center2012]

11. Bill O'Reilly comes to mind

[RKP5637]

6. Oh, another "Minister of Propaganda," just like WW II. n/t

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. Too evil for Fox News, right at home in Trump's White House (nt)

[Honeycombe8]

9. Of COURSE! The W.H. isn't in enough turmoil or chaotic enough. Bring on an unethical partisan hack!

That oughtta help.

[groundloop]

20. Eeeehhhhhh..... it's not like the WH isn't already overrun with them.

What's one more?

[Afromania]

10. well of course, why not, just.... why not

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

13. Donnie Two Scoops is draining the swamp so he can fill it with pond scum and snakes n/t

[keithbvadu2]

14. He'd better not bleed!

[Initech]

15. Why don't they just make Fox News state run TV and get it over with?

[George II]

16. Isn't he the guy who leaked the dinner last week?

[brooklynite]

17. CNN: Bill Shine no longer under consideration...

Link to tweet

[wishstar]

18. Probably because of fake Seth Rich story pushed by Trump on Fox/Hannity

Would raise too many questions about Trump colluding with Fox creating fake stories

[Gothmog]

19. Shine is a scum bucket and was fired at Fox for good reason

[Tommy_Carcetti]

21. Can you Shine a turd? nt

[Turbineguy]

22. Makes sense.

There's always a home for a lying sack of shit with the trump administration!

[Sunlei]

23. Republicans foxTV is a cancer on America.