Posted on 02/27/2024 3:28:44 PM PST by george76
The CBS News boss who signed off on the controversial ouster of Catherine Herridge — a respected Washington correspondent who has been embroiled in a high-profile First Amendment case — is nevertheless being honored with a free speech award next month.
CBS News president Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews was selected by Radio Television Digital News Association to be among 13 honorees at the 33rd annual First Amendment Awards at The Watergate Hotel in Washington DC on March 9.
The irony was not lost
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“The RTDNA must be tone deaf to give Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews and CBS News an award for the First Amendment.. It tarnishes the whole meaning of the award.”
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CBS parent Paramount .. will lay off around 800 people at the debt-saddled company, including roughly 20 from CBS News.
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“She was pursuing stories that were unwelcomed by the Biden White House and many Democratic powerhouses, including the Hur report on Joe Biden’s diminished mental capacity, the Biden corruption scandal and the Hunter Biden laptop,” Jonathan Turley...
The revelation comes as the House Judiciary Committee has launched an investigation into Herridge’s termination, as well as the handling of her files after she was let go.
CBS News retained Herridge’s personal files, which contained confidential information on her legal case, as well as stories she had worked on, among other things.
Facing mounting pressure from the House Judiciary Committee and SAG-AFTRA, the union representing the journalist, CBS News returned the files on Monday.
Herridge has run into “internal roadblocks” at the network as she covered the Hunter Biden laptop story.
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She also clashed with Ciprian-Matthews, a sharp-elbowed executive who was investigated in 2021 over favoritism and discriminatory hiring and management practices
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Herridge’s firing .. retaliatory,
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
I think in the black community it is a sign they know who their daddy probably is.
All of Herridge’s files and records were confiscated. I heard her list of library books checked out and returned for twenty five years was even copied. Along with her high school diaries. /S
But they now say “all” have been returned to her.
Copies must have gone to the NSA, CIA, FBI, DOJ, DNC, WH and Chinese leaders.
Earlier:
“Last week, The Hill posted a piece from law professor Jonathan Turley in which he claimed that the network “took the unusual step of seizing her files, computers and records, including information on privileged sources.” He said that Herridge “was pursuing stories that were unwelcomed by the Biden White House and many Democratic powerhouses.”” from Deadline website.
I heard he shared it this year with Putin.
“We want to thank those we killed off getting to this level of accomplishment”
Do I have that right?
Earlier:
“Last week, The Hill posted a piece from law professor Jonathan Turley in which he claimed that the network “took the unusual step of seizing her files, computers and records, including information on privileged sources.” He said that Herridge “was pursuing stories that were unwelcomed by the Biden White House and many Democratic powerhouses.”” from Deadline website.
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thought that was only reserved for EX POTUS?
ff on firing Catherine Herridge to get free speech award , Vigilanteman wrote:
Catherine Herridge was found guilty, without a trial, of actually practicing journalism. She deserved to be fired because she didn’t understand her place as scribe for the deep state.
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Do I have that right
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RE:thought that was only reserved for EX POTUS?
(seizing all files)
They’re after you. I’m just in their way.
—Donald Trump
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