By 1999, Shine was the senior prime-time producer forFox News.[15] The following year Shine was theexecutive producer of Fox News Channel's prime-time programs.[16]
In 2001, on Fox News Channel'sThe Edge,psychicSylvia Browne said that she knew where the body ofChandra Levy was located.[17] On Fox News Channel'sJudith Regan Tonight, psychicJames Van Praagh discussed Chandra Levy.[17] Shine responded to questions about having psychics appear on Fox News Channel by saying that it was "part of the story" because the Levy family had consulted some psychics . Shine said that the psychics provided "another opinion, another side of the story".[17]
By 2004, Shine was thevice president of production for Fox News Channel.[18] The following year, Shine was Fox News Channel's senior vice president of programming.[19]
In 2005, when asked why the U.S. media carried many stories about missing white women (missing white woman syndrome) and disproportionately few about missing black women, Shine commented that "the stories that go national have a twist or an emotional aspect to them that make them interesting".[20]
In 2007, afterBill O'Reilly dined atSylvia'ssoul-food restaurant inHarlem, he found his naive preconceptions challenged. O'Reilly admitted he "couldn't get over the fact" that eating at the restaurant "was like going into an all-white suburb in the sense of people were sitting there, and they were ordering and having fun. And there wasn't any kind of craziness at all." Responding to criticism of O'Reilly's statement, Shine said, "This is nothing more than left-wing outlets stirring up false racism accusations for ratings."[21]
In 2009, Fox News hostGlenn Beck said thatPresidentBarack Obama "has a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture" and "is racist",[22] after President Obama said thatCambridge police officers acted "stupidly" byarresting Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. for breaking into his own home.[23][24] Responding to Beck's comment, Shine said that Beck had "expressed a personal opinion which represented his own views, not those of the Fox News Channel. And as with all commentators in the cable news arena, he is given the freedom to express his opinions."[22] When Fox News Channel's journalists complained that Beck's show was undermining their work, Shine admitted that Beck was controversial and that the Fox News Channel had assigned a vice president the full-time job of overseeing Beck's show and to review its content in advance.[25]
In 2014, Shine was promoted to FNC's senior executive vice president of programming.[26]
Shine was named in at least four lawsuits against FNC allegingsexual harassment orracial discrimination by the company.[29] In April 2017,New York magazine reported that Shine was uncertain about his future at Fox and that he did not think that Rupert Murdoch had been supportive enough of him. A Fox spokesperson denied that the conversations described in the report took place.[30] Fox hostSean Hannity supported Shine, saying that it would be "the total end of theFNC as we know it" if Shine were fired.[31]
On May 1, 2017, Shine was forced out of Fox News.[6] Suzanne Scott, who had served as the organization's senior vice president of programming and development since 2009, was promoted to co-president to take his place.[6]
It was later reported that Shine had been questioned by federal prosecutors, presumably about his role and actions at FNC.[32]
Shine accepted an offer in June 2018 taking a position within the Trump administration as aDeputy White House Chief of Staff overseeing communication within the White House.[33] On July 5, 2018, Shine's controversial appointment became official, despite its criticism personified by those such asBill Kristol and underscored by protests including fromLarry Klayman ofJudicial Watch, airing on conservative websites such asNewsmax. In particular, those objecting cited Shine's awareness at the time of the channel's hiring private detectives to intimidate alleged victims of Roger Ailes.[34] Later it was reported Shine's compensation upon leaving Fox was in the neighborhood of $15 million.[35]
On March 8, 2019, it was announced by the White House that Shine was resigning from his position to serve as an advisor to President Trump's2020 presidential campaign.[36] Shine said in a statement about his resignation that he is "looking forward to working on President Trump's re-election campaign and spending more time with family."[36] In May 2019, acting White House Chief of StaffMick Mulvaney toldPolitico that he did not intend to replace Shine with a new communications director.[37]
In March 2021, theNew York Times reported that Mr. Shine had been working with the (then new) cable news network,NewsNation based out of WGN in Chicago. "The unrest at the channel’s flagship newscast started in earnest last month, when an industry publication reported that Bill Shine, a former Fox News co-president and Trump administration official, had been working since June as a “NewsNation” consultant. Until the article appeared, the staff did not know about his involvement, the six people said."[38]
^Carter, Bill; Steinberg, Jacques. "To Portray The Horror, News Media Agonize".The New York Times. April 1, 2004. p. A12.
^Gold, Matea. "Straight from Van Susteren; The former defense attorney's no- nonsense attitude gains viewers for Fox News Channel".The Los Angeles Times. July 20, 2005. p. E1.
^Battaglio, Stephen. "Fox News announces new leadership: Bill Shine and Jack Abernethy will take over Roger Ailes' role".The Los Angeles Times. August 13, 2016. p. C2.
^Flint, Joe. "Fox Settles Harassment Lawsuit".Wall Street Journal. September 7, 2016. p. B1.
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