Now that schadenfreude is the only joy most of us have left, we take it where we can get it. Take, for instance, the continued crumbling of the fortifications at Fox News, which, in the space of a year, has lost not only its CEO, but also the majority of its top-tier talent. Now—possibly sensing his rising power as the last “name” operating at the right-wing cable news network—smug scarecrow Sean Hannity is making noises about how unhappy he’ll be if the network turns its back on its current co-president.
Hannity went on Twitter tonight to address rumors that the company’s co-president, Bill Shine, might have lost the Murdoch family’s support in the wake of the toppling line of domino-esque lawsuits recently lodged against the company. (The latest being a class-action racial discrimination suit, as opposed to the usual sexual harassment complaints, which must feel like a nice change of pace.) New York magazine reported sources claiming that Shine asked the younger Murdochs to issue a statement of support for him, and was flatly turned down. (Shine denies that it ever happened.) Hannity—who, like so many Fox News diehards, frequently attempts to substitute loyalty for any and all other possible virtues—leapt to his old pal’s defense: