Posted on 05/16/2020 2:49:31 PM PDT by Starman417
It never made sense to me.
Last October Catherine Herridge left Fox News for CBS News after being at Fox for 23 years. She is a fabulous reporter whose works are impeccable. If she reported it, you could make bank on it. Jay Wallace, president of Fox News Media, said of Herridge:
" We are grateful for Catherine's many contributions to the network, wish her continued success and were proud to honor her as she received the Tex McCrary Award for Journalism last week from the Congressional Medal of Honor Society for her enterprise reporting at Fox News."The George Costanza of CNN, also known as Brian Stelter, framed her departure this way:
Fox News departure: Catherine Herridge joins CBS News, saying 'facts matter'
Sounds as though she was angry with Fox, right? Later on in the article you find this:
Oh that Costanza....Some journalists at the network have complained about a lack of space for real reporting and described feeling squeezed out by the right-wing talk shows that President Trump and his supporters prefer.
It is unknown whether Herridge felt those frustrations. She frequently appeared on Fox's opinion shows with her reporting, as well as daytime newscasts.
But like I said, to me this made no sense. CBS is or was the domecile of the likes of Dan Rather and Scott Pelley, two long time partisan hacks. Then there's Joy Reid, who regularly attempts to impugn Trump at press conferences frequently in matters regarding China.
Her husband is a lobbyist for China.
This does not seem the proper milieu for Herridge, whose work has always been unassailable and spot on accurate. I keep wondering why CBS would want someone unafraid to tell the truth- especially when it comes to democrats and barack obama. It was only going to be a matter of time before the left wing media pulled out the knives for her if she touched that third rail.
That time has come.
Herridge's first offense was interviewing AG Bill Barr and actually allowing him to talk. That was the interview that the loathsome Chuck Toad of NBC deceptively edited to make Barr sound evil.
Her most egregious offense was to report on the list (released by Acting DNI Rick Grenell) of those involved in the unmasking of Gen. Michael Flynn
SCOOP @CBSNews obtains @RichardGrenell notification to congress declassified “unmasking list” Flynn between late 2016 and January 2017 - Read 3 pages provided by NSA here pic.twitter.com/NozVpQlRn2
— Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) May 13, 2020
You'll note that the last person on the list is Joe Biden. When asked about this by Stephanopoulos, Biden was totally flummoxed.
Biden, as does Trump, has a rapid response team, led by one Andrew Bates. Bates took to Twitter and unleashed a beauty at Herridge.
Andrew Bates deleted the tweet. pic.twitter.com/zElvDs56em
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) May 13, 2020
You'll note that it was so nasty that even the CNN hack Jake Tapper was offended. I doubt he would have been so upset had Herridge still been at Fox News.
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Lets hope CBS lets her.
She should have seen the writting on the wall with what CBS DID TO Sheryl Atkision. But then again it would only be a matter of time before Fox threw her overboard with their left end leanings.
FNC didn’t let her go. CBS offered her so much money FNC couldn’t match it without raising the salaries of many other reporters.
FNC simply could not afford to keep her.
It was a lot more money.
Zero sympathy. She went to CBS what did she expect?
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