Will WGN America's NewsNation rebrand be right-leaning? The hiring of a Fox News and Trump vet raises concerns

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Mediaite and FTVLive report that former Fox News co-president Bill Shine, who left the cable news network in 2017 in the wake of its sexual harassment scandal, is now a consultant for NewsNation. After leaving Fox News, Shine served as President Trump's communications director until he resigned in 2019. NewsNation insiders tell Mediaite they are worried over what Shine's hiring signals. “Senior leadership is concerned that we will become a far right network in an attempt compete with Fox News,” one NewsNation insider said. As Mediaite points out, "Shine has been accused of covering up founding Fox chairman Roger Ailes’s alleged sexual misconduct, although Shine himself has never been accused of harassment." In a statement NewsNation said Shine is just one of multiple news consultants for the network with a range of backgrounds and experience.