Two senior editors have quit the cable news channel NewsNation amid issues over right-wing bias and ties to Bill Shine, a former communications manager for President Trump.
Other staffers have taken issue with the apparent right-leaning coverage that occurred despite assurances that the startup network would deliver straight news, according to The New York Times.
The two editors — Sandy Pudar and Richard Maginn — resigned in February and March respectively, as concern grew among NewsNation staffers that the news organization was leaning to the right, the Times reported.
NewsNation said in a statement that it does not comment on personnel matters when asked about Pudar and Maginn’s departures.
Gary Weitman, executive vice president and chief communication officer for its parent company Nexstar, said the network’s reporting is fact-based, adding that the media bias rating organization Ad Fontes Media determined NewsNation leans neither right nor left.
Weitman said the news organization has a history of hiring talent from CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, Fox Business, CBS, NBC and ABC.
Though Shine signed on to NewsNation prior to its launch, NewsNation editorial staff only learned of his involvement after it was reported in early February by cable news industry site www.ftvlive.com and the Hollywood Reporter, according to the Times.
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Cable news startup NewsNation's Trump ties worry staff https://t.co/QPhDVAfdBf pic.twitter.com/XfBA3r0LUq
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— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) March 8, 2021
Right-wing bias? No. Trumpian bias maybe. Trumpism and conservativism are not the same thing.
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