OAN’s Brooke Mallory
5:27 PM – Friday, February 23, 2024
Before she was fired from her job last week, the highly respected CBS This reporter was one of the people who debunked the Hunter Biden laptop story favored by left-wing news outlets. politiko It was previously claimed to be “Russian disinformation.”
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An insider familiar with the situation who spoke to reporters on Thursday said the network took away her personal files and computer in an “unprecedented” move.
20 CBS News The employees were fired as part of a massive purge of hundreds of employees at parent company Paramount Global, some of whom are currently involved in a First Amendment lawsuit hotly followed by journalists across the country. This includes the central character, Catherine Herridge.
Her firing surprised some co-workers, but insiders say many employees were disappointed in the network’s choice to keep her personal documents and laptop, which could contain even more sensitive information. He says he is horrified by what he did.
“This is very unusual,” the official said, stressing that the files are now in his possession. CBS News — could easily contain sensitive information.
Sources said the network told Herridge that it would pack up everything she owned or was in her office, except for scraps of her notebook, and would decide what would be returned to her. .
“They are [typically] Never confiscate documents [when you’re let go]” said another official who spoke to reporters. “They want to know what harmful documents she has.”
Insiders say the network’s actions could affect Herridge’s First Amendment case because his documents could reveal confidential meetings with lawyers and the identity of sources. It is said that there is a possibility.
Herridge has faced criticism for failing to follow U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper’s directive to disclose sources in a federal investigation into a Chinese-American scientist who ran a graduate program in Virginia.
The reporter could face contempt of court charges in the near future for failing to identify investigative sources he highlighted while on the job in 2017. Fox News.
Herridge had encountered interference from higher-ups regarding reporting on Hunter Biden’s forgotten laptop. She also had a falling out with the president, Ingrid Cyprian Matthews. CBS NewsThe tough executive was cleared of all charges in 2021 after an investigation into its hiring and management practices, citing, among other things, “discriminatory employment practices and favoritism.”
A second source said the network may believe Herridge’s file contains material that could lead to a wrongful termination lawsuit.
“She pursued stories that were not welcomed by the Biden White House or many leading Democrats, including the Herr report on Joe Biden’s declining mental capacity, the Biden corruption scandal, and Hunter Biden’s laptop.” says legal scholar and former president Jonathan Turley.CBS Analyst.
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