Turmoil at CBS — Catherine Herridge’s Firing Escalates as Network Seizes Files and Exposes Confidential Sources: Report

Gateway Pundit ^ | Feb. 22, 2024 12:40 pm | Staff

[bert]

——files, computers and records, including information on privileged sources.——

Were not Her’s. Katherine’s work products were the property of CBS.

If Fox files were involved, they should not have been on CBS computers.

They fired a golden egg laying goose when she was dismissed. She was very a very capable old school reporter.

[Red Badger]

Eat, Pray, Love, Fish......................

[Chgogal]

Blame the Corrupt Government not Herridge. Shame on you for turning on a brave reporter. There is very little difference between Putin's Russia and Obama's/Biden's America.

[devane617]

“Herridge should have stayed with Fox News or gone with a conservative internet Outlet.”

Like Laura Logan(I think) she’ll show up soon on an internet site.

[Grampa Dave]

So did she get a Kinko’s box or a file cabinet size box?

[1Old Pro]

Like Laura Logan(I think) she’ll show up soon on an internet site.

Most lose 90% of their audience.

[ETCM]

I didn’t “turn on her”, in fact I have great respect for her. Clearly the bad guys here are CBS, and most likely the government, as I assume they are involved. But I can still criticize Herridge for failing to properly protect her files, and in turn, her sources. As I qualified, “if she does not encrypt and protect everything she has”. I would hope she does, though that might not stop the FBI from gaining access.

[T. Rustin Noone]

They were going to fire them anyway.

So its a win-win for CBS.

[Pajamajan]

"The move has led to speculation about the motives behind the seizure, with some suggesting that it could be a response to Herridge’s recent investigative work, which has been critical of the Biden regime.

Turley, who has known Herridge for years, expressed shock at the handling of the situation, highlighting the potential breach of trust between journalists and their sources. He pointed out that traditionally, journalists are permitted to retain their files, which are critical for their ongoing work and the preservation of source confidentiality."

Why are they "shocked"?

The thieving, lying, criminal government doesn't want their thieving, lying, and criminality, exposed.

Shut up investigative journalists, problem solved.

How else are they (government) supposed to keep their crime going, and the money rolling in?

This is not shocking IMO.

[Grampa Dave]

“Give me some ideas of what we can do to stop the government tyranny. We can’t make arrests. which is what is needed.”

Maybe your tagline and mine, are the realities we are living under,for a long time.

[Bratch]

CBS faces uproar after seizing investigative journalist’s files

BY JONATHAN TURLEY, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR - 02/22/24 9:10 AM ET

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“Anyone who isn’t confused really doesn’t understand the situation.” Those words, from CBS icon Edward R. Murrow, came to mind this week after I spoke with journalists at the network.

There is trouble brewing at Black Rock, the headquarters of CBS, after the firing of Catherine Herridge, an acclaimed investigative reporter. Many of us were shocked after Herridge was included in layoffs this month, but those concerns have increased after CBS officials took the unusual step of seizing her files, computers and records, including information on privileged sources.

The position of CBS has alarmed many, including the union, as an attack on free press principles by one of the nation’s most esteemed press organizations.

I have spoken confidentially with current and former CBS employees who have stated that they could not recall the company ever taking such a step before. One former CBS journalist said that many employees “are confused why [Herridge] was laid off, as one of the correspondents who broke news regularly and did a lot of original reporting.”

That has led to concerns about the source of the pressure. He added that he had never seen a seizure of records from a departing journalist, and that the move had sent a “chilling signal” in the ranks of CBS.

A former CBS manager, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, said that he had “never heard of anything like this.” He attested to the fact that, in past departures, journalists took all of their files and office contents. Indeed, the company would box up everything from cups to post-its for departing reporters. He said the holding of the material was “outrageous” and clearly endangered confidential sources.

Herridge declined to make any public comments on her departure.

CBS also did not respond to my inquiries...

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Read more at THE HILL

[MTBobcat]

It’s simple. She tries her best to be objective and that goes against the interests of CBS corporate along with the people for which they are propagandists.

[Major Matt Mason]

I'm sure they view her as a Trump ally, so they are likely doing the bidding of the DOJ and Biden admin in digging on Trump associates.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Interesting nexus. Circling the wagons???

[Eagles6]

Clearly.

[Political Junkie Too]

Perhaps they are prepping the ground for the fallout from Jim and Hunter Biden's closed door testimony from today?

-PJ

[Thunder90]

The files were given to the FBI. It is likely that her home will be raided bu the Feds.

[DoodleBob]

I’m going to take the same approach to this story that I do when the tables are turned.

That is, if there was ONE GUY saying in The Hill that Juan Williams’ computer etc was appropriated after he exited Fox, and the left got their knickers in a twist, we’d cry BS.

Again, let me be clear. It wouldn’t surprise me if CBS was hellbent on blowing Herridge’s conservative sources.

But, again, taking an employee’s equipment and files after they are terminated is SOP. It happens zillions of times a year. Not a tear is shed.

What do we have? One guy at The Hill writes “CBS officials took the unusual step of seizing her files, computers and records, including information on privileged sources” with no corroboration. We don’t get even a “sources say.” We read of some “concern” from Herrod’s union with no document being produced.

In addition, I scanned the web and find NO OTHER coverage, except a bunch of websites reprinting the Hill story. Again, if the tables were turned we’d be screaming bulls—-.

We should be the applying the same skepticism to this story regardless of the reporter or her politics.

[devane617]

“...failing to properly protect her files...”

I suspect she has everything protected and no doubt has things that were not part of her “files.”

[Bratch]

CBS seizes confidential files of fired reporter pursuing Hunter Biden laptop story in ‘unprecedented’ move: sources

By Alexandra Steigrad

Published Feb. 22, 2024, 5:22 p.m. ET

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The acclaimed CBS reporter [Catherine Herridge] who was investigating the Hunter Biden laptop scandal before she was fired last week had her personal files seized by the network in an “unprecedented” move, sources told The Post on Thursday.

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Her firing had stunned co-workers, but the network’s decision to hold on to her personal materials, along with her work laptop where she may have other confidential info, has left many staffers shaken, according to insiders.

“It’s so extraordinary,” a source familiar with the situation told The Post, noting that the files — which are presumptively now the property of CBS News — most likely contain confidential material from Herridge’s stints at both Fox and CBS.

The source said the network boxed up all her personal belongings except for Herridge’s notes and files and informed her that it would decide what — if anything — would be returned to her.

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A CBS spokesperson pushed back on claims that the network plans to keep any sensitive information belonging to Herridge.

“We have respected her request to not go through the files, and out of our concern for confidential sources, the office she occupied has remained secure since her departure,” the rep told The Post.

“We are prepared to pack up the rest of her files immediately on her behalf – with her representative present as she requested.”

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BTW, I agree that any work she did under the CBS auspices belongs to the company.

As best I can tell, it's always been that way. Ask the families of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.