I despised Sun News and I certainly opposed their campaign for mandatory carriage. As someone who is involved with the Roma refugee issue, it's hard for me to have a "neutral" opinion on Sun after Levant's appalling racist rant.
But reading this, I do feel bad for Akin who is a very competent reporter and not at all a right-wing ideologue. Unfortunately it was a hatemonger like Levant who was supposed to draw in the viewers, and it's not like Lilley or Coren were much better. When you have Levant as your frontman, it greatly overshadows whatever was "good" about Sun News.
I wish Akin the best in finding new work. Given his business reporting background, it would be nice to see him replace Amanda Lang.