Reporter Catherine Herridge is one of a dwindling number of people in her field who does actual journalism, which apparently was a big problem for CBS News, which laid her off. But it didn't stop there -- CBS also reportedly seized Herridge's files and information about her sources:
CBS seizes confidential files of fired reporter pursuing Hunter Biden laptop story in ‘unprecedented’ move: sources https://t.co/RtOYFBDnxy pic.twitter.com/iGkNVZGwvA
— New York Post (@nypost) February 22, 2024
Gee, what could CBS possibly be worried about?
The acclaimed CBS reporter 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.
Catherine Herridge — who is the middle of a First Amendment case being closely watched by journalists nationwide — was among 20 CBS News staffers let go as part of a larger purge of hundreds of employees at parent company Paramount Global.
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.
Herridge and her union have had this to say:
SAG-AFTRA strongly condemns CBS News' decision to seize Catherine Herridge's reporter notes and research from her office, including confidential source information.
— SAG-AFTRA (@sagaftra) February 22, 2024
Read more 👇 https://t.co/mSy8Ri8JQH
— Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) February 22, 2024
This won't surprise you, but I checked the feed of CNN "journalist" and author of "Enemy of the People, a Dangerous Time to Tell the Truth in America," Jim Acosta, and there's zero mention of the Herridge story.
The story isn't easy to find elsewhere either.
The #IStandWithAcosta crowd is awfully silent on this one regarding Catherine Herridge, an actual journalist... https://t.co/rasn8ONcC3
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) February 23, 2024
Where are all the "threat to democracy" so-called journalists who were hyperventilating during the Trump presidency when he bashed "fake news CNN"?
It's great to see the journalists standing up for one of their own. pic.twitter.com/FskeYa7TD1
— Dave “Journo Clown” Gordon 🇺🇸 🇮🇱 (@D_Gordzo) February 23, 2024
I guess we're not going to get a massive number of media types going full Aunt Pitypat from Gone With the Wind and getting the vapors over this.
Nope, that's not happening for some reason. And Acosta certainly won't write "A Dangerous Time To Tell the Truth in America" sequel over this story.
Is there an industry besides politics that's full of more activist phonies than "journalism"?
