As Fox News is roiled by lawsuits
and the ouster of Bill O’Reilly, the network’s co-president Bill Shine
has retained the backing of the Murdochs. On Monday, Rupert Murdoch took
network co-presidents Shine and Jack Abernethy to lunch at Marea, a seafood restaurant near Fox’s midtown headquarters — a highly public show of support.
But
privately, Shine is expressing concern about his future at the network.
According to three sources briefed on the conversations, Shine has told
friends he recently asked Rupert’s sons James and Lachlan — the CEO and
co-chairman, respectively, of network parent company 21st Century Fox —
to release a statement in support of him, but they refused to do so.
The sources said Shine made the request because of withering press
coverage of Fox News in recent weeks. A source added that Shine has
privately complained that Rupert “isn’t fighting for him” in the press,
which is why he wanted explicit support from the sons.
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