Does Catherine Herridge Leaving for CBS News Portend a Left Turn for Fox News?

American Thinker ^ | November 5, 2019 | Peter Barry Chowka

[Kaslin]

The announcement last Thursday that popular veteran Fox News reporter Catherine Herridge would be leaving the channel the following day – and moving to a new job as Senior Investigative Correspondent at CBS News later this month – took both viewers and media watchers by complete surprise. On the heels of the declaration three weeks earlier by prominent Fox News Channel news host Shepard Smith during his afternoon program that he would be leaving the channel that same day, the news about Herridge occasioned an immediate wealth of wild speculation by pundits weighing in with their opinions about what her departure means for the future of Fox News.

For example, an article at a popular conservative site, Wayne Dupree dot com (currently ranked #1,430 of all U.S. Web sites by Alexa), offered the headline “Need More Proof Fox News is Circling The Drain? Award-Winning Journalist Catherine Herridge is Leaving:”

As Fox News circles the liberal drain, Herridge was one of the reasons to keep watching, because she embodied the “fair and balanced” mantra that Fox abandoned years ago.

This kind of fact-challenged spin typifies a popular online meme about Fox News that has been circulating among conservatives during the past two years – the assertion that the channel is taking a major “turn to the left.” Before revisiting the validity of that claim, it is useful to review some actual facts, and also to consider a modicum of not unreasonable speculation, about Catherine Herridge’s departure from Fox News.

[patriotspride]

Catherine a must see for her reporting. Going left. Watch the majority of panels on , Arhel Nevins and lefty seeths through

[SERKIT]

Already happened.

[pepsi_junkie]

Fox brought in Paul Ryan, the man who lied for years about being a conservative but removed his mask when Trump was elected and worked overtime to hamstring him making progress on all the things that Ryan himself had said for years he wanted. And he did so in an underhanded sneaky and backstabbing way. Add this to the politics of the Murdoch heirs, some of their recent hires, etc. A pattern emerges.

The answer to the headline is "yes".

[jjotto]

Going left? The news operation has always been left, they just have a few commentators that aren’t hard left.

[Maris Crane]

SO DOES THIS MEAN THAT YOU WILL BEGIN WATCHING...CBS???

CATHERINE was NOT the reason I watched Fox Business and it means nothing to me that she is leaving.

Although I always thought of her as efficient, I must admit I am disappointed in her.

[TruthWillWin]

The optimist would say the opposite, her leaving signals a right turn for CBS.

Hope so, will have to wait and see.

[bert]

Fox audience is not as narrow minded as you

Ryan accepted the Speaker job to pass his tax legislation. Working with the President, he did just that.

[bert]

CBS bought Herrige to get her off the air

[griswold3]

Just the loss of CHs sources is trouble for Fox News

[qaz123]

Portend a Left Turn?

That toothpaste has been out of the tube for quite some time.

[AAABEST]

It could also have to do with money.

Catherine's contract was up at the same time that Fox is losing LEGIONS of viewers.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Thanks to the Murdoch boys, Faux Snooze continues it’s lurch leftward! Herridge was one of the last vestiges of the old “Fair & Balanced” network. Sorry to see her leave!

[be-baw]

Good article. I strongly recommend it be read in its entirety.

[qaz123]

working with what President?

[G Larry]

CBS will spike her reports and you'll never see them.

Her contract will ensure she can't move until after the elections.

[nevergore]

She signed a contract with Fox News, not indentured servitude....it expired, CBS made a financial offer far greater than Fox was willing....

She left to bat for the other team.....it happens.....

Fox lost a great talent, but one could assume that they can get another, just as good or better.....

[pepsi_junkie]

Sure, Ryan’s a great guy who was a wonderful speaker who helped the President. That’s why we got so much great legislation while he was speaker. I just need to expand my mind to find it all.

[BrexitBen]

D’nish D’Sousa and Geraldo Rivera are unwatchable. Fox has already got too many neo-cons and liberals.

Maybe Catherine Herridge moving to CBS portends an attempt by the network to actually report REAL news.

[hardspunned]

I assume Fox refused to pay her. Fake news CBS will pay her hush money to muzzle her reporting. This is terrible for her and for the truth she reported. Sharyl Attkisson refused to be censored by CBS and went independent. I only wish Herridge could have done something similar. I understand Herridge has to work but her integrity is now compromised.