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How CBS News’ Hunter Biden reporting backfired on network’s ‘woke’ ex-boss Ingrid-Ciprian Matthews: ‘head on a stick moment’
New York Post ^ | July 16, 2024 | Alexandra Steigrad

Posted on 07/16/2024 8:27:37 PM PDT by george76

The stunning fall of the “woke” boss at CBS News last week was a “head on a stick moment” at the Tiffany Network — and was a case of a divisive executive who had long been viewed as untouchable.

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Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews, a 30-year CBS News veteran who was its highest-ranking woman of color — and who abruptly stepped down as president last week after less than a year on the job.

The Dominican-born executive — who for years had weathered CBS firestorms including the sexual misconduct scandals that toppled Charlie Rose and “60 Minutes” boss Jeff Fager in 2018 — had once been described to me as “Machiavellian”.

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she had created her own universe of loyalists whom she promoted over the years — and a list of enemies that she either neutralized or maneuvered out of the company.

Last week, however, CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon announced that Ciprian-Matthews will move to a temporary consulting role for the rest of the 2024 election before exiting the company for good.

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Ciprian-Matthews’ rough handling of senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge. More than two years ago, Herridge been personally asked by a top CBS exec to aggressively cover the Hunter Biden saga

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It was a directive from the highest levels – executive and ownership level — at CBS and its corporate parent Paramount Global...

Nevertheless.. Herridge still encountered roadblocks from Ciprian-Matthews

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Ciprian-Matthews had been “dragging her feet” — a “classic Ingrid tactic” that the exec implored instead of saying “no” to her bosses or talent looking for promotions. She also allegedly failed to act on a new cost-trimming mandate from McMahon to use local correspondents to cover stories when appropriate

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: catherineherridge; cbs; cbsnews; herridge; news; woke; wokeify
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1 posted on 07/16/2024 8:27:37 PM PDT by george76
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To: All

The Late Late Show: “The Curse of Hunter Biden Strikes Again.”


2 posted on 07/16/2024 8:37:28 PM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray : Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name . )
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To: george76

Interesting about Catherine Herridge. A lot of things I never knew about that situation.

I’m sure there’s a lot more still to come out.

Apparently Ciprian-Matthews stocked the whole company with her loyalists, at every level.


3 posted on 07/16/2024 8:42:35 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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Apparently Ciprian-Matthews stocked the whole company with her loyalists, at every level.

Obama and the US government and military. Same vibe.

4 posted on 07/16/2024 8:44:18 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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How do people have time to do that, while still doing the job are getting paid to do?


5 posted on 07/16/2024 8:45:53 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: george76

Rule #1 For The Propaganda Arms of The Democrat Party Organized Crime Syndicate.

Rule #1 - Always Protect The Democrat Party Organized Crime Syndicate


6 posted on 07/16/2024 8:46:04 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: Steely Tom

That’s what staff are for.


7 posted on 07/16/2024 8:55:18 PM PDT by Romulus
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To: CatOwner

Women in the workplace, given authority. It quickly becomes a snakepit.


8 posted on 07/16/2024 9:02:03 PM PDT by SharpenedEdge (Stockpile. Prepare. Arm. Train. A Storm is coming.)
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To: Steely Tom
"Apparently Ciprian-Matthews stocked the whole company with her loyalists, at every level."

That is how leftists work, they don't care about performance, merit or character. You either toe the line and swear fealty to leftism and the people above you or you are destroyed. Leftist communists are horrible people and will destroy this country.

9 posted on 07/16/2024 9:05:56 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: Steely Tom

It is what Obama did in various agencies before he left office. He had positions he had appointed at various levels in government agents that were classified as Presidential hires, and he simply changed them to agency employees by Executive Order.

In the past, when a new President came in, he could simply fire those people and put his own people in, but Obama made it impossible to fire them.

He embedded them like blood-sucking ticks at all levels of government.


10 posted on 07/16/2024 9:32:57 PM PDT by rlmorel (In Today's Democrat America, The $5 Dollar Bill is the New $1 Dollar Bill.)
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“She was a bad manager but got promoted twice anyway.”

That right there nails the root cause of just about any company that is having problems.


11 posted on 07/16/2024 10:16:55 PM PDT by Newtoidaho (All I ask of living is to have no chains on me.)
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“She was a bad manager but got promoted twice anyway.”

That right there nails the root cause of just about any company that is having problems.


12 posted on 07/16/2024 10:29:44 PM PDT by Newtoidaho (All I ask of living is to have no chains on me.)
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Ciprian-Matthews had been “dragging her feet” — a “classic Ingrid tactic” that the exec implored employed instead of saying “no” to her bosses [...]

Sheesh! How about a little copy-editing before publishing?! So-called "journalists" making tyro mistakes!

Regards,

13 posted on 07/16/2024 11:20:15 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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“He embedded them like blood-sucking ticks at all levels of government.”

The job for Trump will be to clean them all out. Everyone hired since 2009. I know he can’t fire them, but he can sideline by exiling them to the provinces or just giving them no duties.


14 posted on 07/16/2024 11:39:50 PM PDT by rxh4n1 ( )
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To: rlmorel
In the past, when a new President came in, he could simply fire those people and put his own people in, but Obama made it impossible to fire them.

Just part of the 'transform America' mission.

15 posted on 07/17/2024 2:00:58 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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“How do people have time to do that, while still doing the job are getting paid to do?“

By being black and, as the article says, “untouchable”.


16 posted on 07/17/2024 2:08:19 AM PDT by TalBlack (I We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: CatOwner

Sounds like lots and lots of firings in order in Trump’s first few weeks... I can’t wait.


17 posted on 07/17/2024 2:13:12 AM PDT by Bullish (...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
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To: wildcard_redneck

You’re right, but it’s even worse with women bosses, who staff companies with other women that they like to have coffee breaks with... Forget about the competence and ability stuff.


18 posted on 07/17/2024 2:16:51 AM PDT by Bullish (...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
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To: Bullish

Witches have their covens.


19 posted on 07/17/2024 2:19:54 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: Steely Tom

“Apparently Ciprian-Matthews stocked the whole company with her loyalists, at every level.”

An infestation of Rats.”


20 posted on 07/17/2024 2:56:18 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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