Posted on 02/24/2024 7:00:53 AM PST by george76
CBS News has returned the notes it seized from a high-profile reporter the network fired for 'investigating Hunter Biden' ..
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SAG-AFTRA, the CBS workers' union, called the seizure of her notes 'completely inappropriate' and 'very unusual'.
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CBS News has returned the notes it seized from a high-profile reporter the network fired for 'investigating Hunter Biden.'
Catherine Herridge, a veteran reporter covering national security and intelligence, was among the hundreds of CBS employees who were laid off by parent company Paramount last week.
Herridge covered investigations into the Biden family, and the network seized her personal notes after her termination in a move her union calls 'completely inappropriate' and 'very unusual.'
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'This action is deeply concerning to the union because it sets a dangerous precedent for all media professionals and threatens the very foundation of the First Amendment
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Herridge had recently covered the House impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden, special counsel Robert Hur's report on his handling of classified documents, and the criminal charges against Hunter Biden.
Her inclusion in recent layoffs puzzled some industry observers, as she regularly broke news and landed scoops for CBS.
'Catherine Herridge has been a unicorn, a reporter for the corporate media for CBS, and she has been willing to actually report on the Biden corruption so what did CBS do? They laid her off?' Senator Ted Cruz
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Herridge had been pursuing a story related to Hunter Biden's abandoned laptop, and that she had 'encountered roadblocks' from management over her coverage of the First Son.
Herridge in November 2022 authenticated the laptop, which the Post had first reported on in October 2020.
Separately, Herridge has been in the middle of a high-profile court battle over her refusal to reveal sources for articles she wrote in 2017.
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Of course they act unethically on a daily basis, but that doesn’t mean we should not point out when they have broken their own ethical standards. This last move by CBS has shocked the few honest journalists left. Even the dishonest ones are self-serving and realize that this unprecedented move by CBS management will hurt them in the long run. Anonymous sources will dry up.
I chuckle at “Anonymous sources will dry up.” No problem, journalists today will just make things up to fit their agenda.
All the ones who should be going to prison are trying to put the Clean One in prison.
And rob him by judicial fiat.
And they have their cheerleaders on FR calling Trump, the Clean One, "corrupt".
I believe that fully the FBI will extract retribution from her sources. Of course the CIA now, they’ll just kill you outright with a bullet to the brain bucket.
She has very good sources in very high places especially military and intelligence, judging by her reporting. Watch for firing and retirements in next few months.
And SeeBS just lost access, too.
Only a fool would trust one of their "reporters", now.
This is not on Catherine Herridge, either.
Oh I agree. She is one of a handful of people who can call themselves a journalist in this country, and one of maybe three investigative journalist ( including female reporter for NY Post who broke the original story on Hunter’s Laptop, and she is a Brit or Aussie I believe.
Sorry. I snorted so hard the soda bubbles came through my nose. Clean ones. That’s almost SNL worthy.
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