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   From: rino-mccain@cnn.com   
      
   Meghan McCain has lost her most powerful ally at “The View.”   
      
   ABC News president James Goldston — who oversees the daytime   
   fixture — shocked employees throughout the network’s news   
   division on Thursday by announcing his resignation. But sources   
   tell us that no one relied on him more than McCain, 36.   
      
   “She should be very nervous now. Her cover has left the   
   building,” one source said.   
      
   Despite the show’s notoriously high turn-over of hosts, the   
   abrasive McCain has kept her seat at the table despite butting   
   heads with main host Whoopi Goldberg, and the Twitterverse   
   regularly calling for her ouster.   
      
   Meanwhile, co-host Joy Behar has made her displeasure with her   
   so clear that when McCain returned from maternity leave, Behar   
   told her on-air, “I did not miss you. Zero!”   
      
   Yet she’s suffered no consequences.   
      
   “[Goldston] has for years been seen as a Meghan McCain   
   apologist. She’s used him as leverage against other talent,” an   
   ABC insider told us, “He’s been Meghan’s voice in the room. He’s   
   taken on Whoopi in defense of Meghan McCain.”   
      
   They added that when people have complained about McCain’s   
   behavior, he’s told them, “Get over it, it’s TV.”   
      
   Another ABC source denied Goldston and McCain’s chummy   
   relationship. “He’s certainly not her defender. Ally would not   
   be the word. Things happen and there are continued steps to   
   solve them. Issues get addressed,” the source said.   
      
   A spokesperson for ABC told us McCain has nothing to worry about   
   now that Goldston’s out. “This is ridiculous. This combo of co-   
   hosts has ‘The View’ delivering our best numbers in seven   
   years,” they said, “Meghan is a valued member of the team and no   
   one is talking about any changes to the table.”   
      
   https://pagesix.com/2021/01/31/meghan-mccain-losing-ally-with-   
   resignation-of-james-goldston/   
      
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