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I said from page one...not neutral, not credible.

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A source within the the union, SAG-AFTRA, confirmed that it has raised this controversy with CBS and remains extremely concerned about the effect of this action on journalistic practices and source confidentiality. The union believes this is “very unusual” and goes far beyond this individual case. “It is a matter of principle,” a union spokesperson added. “It is a matter of serious concern. We are considering all of our options.”

For full disclosure, I was under contract twice with CBS as a legal analyst. I cherished my time at the network. I have also known Herridge for years in both legal and journalistic capacities.

CBS is one of the world’s premier news organizations, with a legendary history that includes figures from Murrow to Walter Cronkite to Roger Mudd. That is why the hiring of Herridge was so welcomed by many of us. The network was at risk of becoming part of the journalistic herd, an echo-chamber for Democratic and liberal narratives. It had been mired in third place for ages, and it was moving in the wrong direction by alienating half of the country.

Herridge had been a celebrated investigative reporter at Fox News. An old-school investigative journalist, she is viewed as a hard-driving, middle-of-the-road reporter cut from the same cloth as the network’s legendary figures.

The timing of Herridge’s termination immediately raised suspicions in Washington. 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. She continued to pursue these stories despite reports of pushback from CBS executives, including CBS News President Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews.

Given the other layoffs and declining revenues, the inclusion of Herridge was defended by the network as a painful but necessary measure. But then something strange happened. The network grabbed Herridge’s notes and files and informed her that it would decide what, if anything, would be turned over to her. The files likely contain confidential material from both her stints at Fox and CBS. Those records, it suggests, are presumptively the property of CBS News.

For many of us who have worked in the media for decades, this action is nothing short of shocking. Journalists are generally allowed to leave with their files. Under the standard contract, including the one at CBS, journalists agree that they will make files available to the network if needed in future litigation. That presupposes that they will retain control of their files. Such files are crucial for reporters, who use past contacts and work in pursuing new stories with other outlets or who cap their careers with personal memoirs.

The heavy-handed approach to the files left many wondering if it was the result of the past reported tension over stories.

Regardless of motive, the company is dead wrong.


There is the issue.... She was pursuing stories that pissed off this administration and the media that walks in lock-step with it.

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Anonymous wrote:She is the same as Sean Hannity or Rush. It is disappointing she is employed for a major media outlet. Must mean there are some sleeper cells of Fox News in other news organizations. Should not be hard to expose who hired her.

What are you smoking PP? Hannity and Limbaugh are opinion and Herridge is a true journalist with a deep rolodex in the intelligence space.

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Some people don't like journalists who do due diligence like Herridge.

What journalism she has done in recent months which is not be a mouthpiece for Trump admin? Just "retweeting" (whatever the reporting term for it is in news word) Trump admin's statements is not journalism. That's called amplifying a particular (and in this case mostly propaganda) POV.

Anonymous wrote:Just putting this here for those in the back row...

I said from page one...not neutral, not credible.

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not neutral at all.

Anonymous wrote:She seems too neutral. There is no room for neutrality in journalism today. She’s outdated.

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On the second, the “unmasking” tweet was an end-run around editorial process. It was devoid of context, notably that these “unmasking” events are super common and there was nothing unusual about it. Yet she let it hang out there in a tweet to suggest scandal. Had she reported it for CBS, she would have been required to put it in proper context.

She was reporting a fact.

Please, you know you cannot find anything substantial or you would have posted it.

Again, stop with the sea lion trolling. Everyone knows she has no credibility and is just trying to replicate the way she worked at Fox. She isn’t as awful as Sharyl Attkisson, but she is getting there.

DP. She is one of the best investigative journalists out there. You just don't like her because she is reporting on the unraveling of the Russia collusion investigation. She also worked for ABC prior to Fox.

https://www.viacomcbspressexpress.com/cbs-news/shows/cbs-news/bios?id=catherine-herridge

She really isn’t. I understand that she is a right-wing media darling because people expect she will continue to carry water for their causes, but that doesn’t make her neutral.

That tweet on the unmasking was a perfect example. Why did she tweet it instead of report it? She didn’t follow even one tenet of basic journalism ethics when she did that. CBS should have fired her. But I am sure they feared backlash if they did.

She did report on it.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michael-flynn-unmasking-list-richard-grenell/
Byline: STEFAN BECKET
Catherine Herridge, Bo Erickson, Olivia Gazis and Stephen Sanchez contributed to this report.

No, she contributed to that report. I wouldn’t have an objection if she tweeted the story but that isn’t what she did. [/quote

Face it - you would have an objection to whatever she writes. Seems you may have an aversion to the truth.

No, I was an investigative journalist myself for 25 years and know bad journalism when I see it. She is not a good journalist.

To be sure, I think all journalists should refrain from speculation and stay off Twitter except to tweet their edited and published work. Nothing more.