{"id":2185398,"date":"2024-02-23T20:29:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-24T01:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbs-reporter-who-uncovered-hunter-laptop-scandal-is-fired-all-files-related-to-case-seized-by-network\/"},"modified":"2024-02-23T20:31:36","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T01:31:36","slug":"cbs-reporter-who-uncovered-hunter-laptop-scandal-is-fired-all-files-related-to-case-seized-by-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbs-reporter-who-uncovered-hunter-laptop-scandal-is-fired-all-files-related-to-case-seized-by-network\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS reporter fired for uncovering Hunter laptop scandal, network seizes all case files"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcbs-reporter-who-uncovered-hunter-laptop-scandal-is-fired-all-files-related-to-case-seized-by-network%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2185398&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(L) Catherine Herridge attends Paramount\u2019s\u2062 White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner after party at \u2063the Residence of the French Ambassador on April 30, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo \u2064by Shedrick Pelt\/Getty\u200b Images) \/ (R) An exterior view of \u201cThe Mac \u200cShop\u201d in Wilmington, Delaware\u200c is \u2062seen on October 21, 2020. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS\/AFP via \u2062Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>5:27 PM \u2013 Friday, February\u2062 23, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Before being \u2062let\u200d go from her job last week, the esteemed\u2063 <em>CBS<\/em> \u2064reporter was one of the\u2063 individuals credited with uncovering the Hunter Biden laptop story that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/medias-coverage-of-crises-under-biden-would-look-a-lot-different-if-trump-were-in-office\/\" title=\"Media\u2019s Coverage of Crises Under Biden Would Look A Lot Different If Trump Were In Office\">left-leaning news outlets<\/a> like <em>Politico<\/em> previously\u200b claimed was \u201cRussian disinfo.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>According\u2064 to insiders familiar\u2064 with the \u2064situation who spoke with\u200c reporters \u2063on Thursday, the network took her personal files and computer in a \u200b\u201cunprecedented\u201d \u200cmove.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty <em>CBS News<\/em> employees were laid off as part of \u2064a bigger purge of hundreds of workers at parent firm Paramount Global, including \u200bCatherine\u2064 Herridge, who is \u2063currently at\u2063 the center\u2062 of\u200b a First Amendment case that is being keenly followed by journalists across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Although her dismissal\u200d had taken a few\u200b coworkers by \u2062surprise, insiders \u200cclaim that many employees are frightened by the network\u2019s choice to \u2062retain her personal documents \u2064and\u200c laptop, which may \u200dinclude \u2064even more sensitive information.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s \u2064so extraordinary,\u201d a source said,\u2062 highlighting\u2062 that the\u2063 files \u2014\u2063 which are now property of <em>CBS News<\/em> \u2014 could easily \u2062contain confidential material.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the source, the network packed up\u200c everything she owned \u200band had in the \u2062office, with the exception\u2064 of Herridge\u2019s \u200dscrap notes, \u2063and told her\u200b it would determine what, if anything, would be \u200bgiven back\u2062 to her.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThey [typically] never seize documents [when you\u2019re let go],\u201d a second source who spoke to the press said. \u201cThey want to see what damaging\u200b documents she has.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The network\u2019s \u2063actions, according to insiders, might affect Herridge\u2019s First\u200c Amendment lawsuit since her documents might reveal\u2064 confidential talks she \u200chad with her attorneys or the identity \u2063of \u200csources.<\/p>\n<p>Herridge is facing\u2062 criticism for allegedly \u200ddefying U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper\u2019s directive to \u2063disclose her source of information on a federal investigation regarding a Chinese American scientist running\u2062 a graduate program in Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>The reporter could face contempt of \u2062court in the \u2064near future for failing\u2062 to reveal\u2064 the source of an investigation\u200b that she highlighted in \u200c2017, when she was employed at <em>Fox News.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Herridge\u200b had run into obstacles from higher-ups regarding her coverage of Hunter Biden\u2019s forgotten laptop. She had \u200balso \u2063had a falling out with Ingrid-Ciprian Matthews, the president of <em>CBS News<\/em>, a stern  executive cleared of all charges in 2021 after there was an investigation into her hiring and management practices, specifically citing \u201cdiscriminatory hiring practices and favoritism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the second source, there is a possibility that the \u200dnetwork believes \u200dHerridge had \u200bmaterial in her files that could result in a wrongful\u2064 termination lawsuit.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cShe was pursuing stories \u200dthat were unwelcomed by the Biden \u200cWhite House and\u2064 many Democratic powerhouses, including the Hur report on \u200bJoe Biden\u2019s diminished\u200b mental\u200b capacity, the Biden corruption scandal and \u2064the \u200bHunter Biden laptop,\u201d said Jonathan \u200dTurley, a legal scholar and ex-<em>CBS <\/em>analyst.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news \u2063blasts directly to your inbox for\u2064 free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare\u2062 this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Cellphone data reveals possible \u200cperjury in\u200d the Wade and Willis Case \u200bwith\u2062 NORAD refuses\u200d to shoot down a mysterious balloon.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Day one of CPAC concludes as \u200bmultiple speakers laid\u200d out how to deliver a red\u2062 wave this November. One\u2064 America\u2019s Nathaniel Mannor has our report.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Day one of CPAC \u200bhas wrapped up, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breakdown-of-cpac-day-1\/\" title=\"CPAC Day 1: A Summary\">multiple speakers lighting<\/a> up the stage in Washington D.C. One America\u2019s Nathaniel \u2064Mannor has our\u200b report.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Joe Kent<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Nvidia galloped to $2 trillion market value after the bellwether for AI chip demand once again\u00a0exceeded\u00a0Wall \u2064Street\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/simone-biles-withdraws-from-individual-all-around-event-to-focus-on-mental-health\/\" title=\"Simone Biles Withdraws From Individual All-Around Event To Focus On Mental Health\">sky-high expectations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Apple is\u2062 rolling \u200bout an\u2063 upgrade to its iMessage texting platform \u200bto defend against \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sacrilege-in-the-halls-of-st-patricks-cathedral-in-nyc\/\" title=\"Sacrilege at St. Patrick's Cathedral in NYC\">future encryption-breaking technologies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The first \u2064human patient implanted with a brain-chip from Neuralink appears to have fully recovered.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A group of 20 tech \u2062companies announced\u2063 they will\u2062 work together to prevent \u200cdeceptive AI content from interfering\u2064 with\u2063 elections.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> \u2063Why is\u2064 it important for news\u2062 organizations to respect\u200c the integrity and independence of their journalists and \u200duphold the principles of\u2062 press freedom<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ruption scandal, and more recently, \u200dthe investigation into \u2063the Chinese American scientist,\u201d the second source said. \u201cThe network \u2064wants to eliminate\u2064 any\u2064 possible evidence that could be used \u2063against them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>These recent developments highlight the challenges faced by \u2063journalists in an \u200dera where media companies are \u200cincreasingly\u200d consolidating and exerting control\u200c over\u2062 their employees.\u200c The case of\u200c Catherine Herridge serves as a stark reminder of the\u200c potential repercussions\u2062 for those who dare\u200c to challenge the narratives set forth by\u2062 their employers.<\/p>\n<p>Herridge\u2019s dismissal raises concerns about the protection of journalists\u2019 sources and the freedom of the press. The First Amendment lawsuit she is involved in\u2064 has far-reaching implications for the rights of journalists\u200c to keep their sources\u2062 confidential, as well as\u2062 the\u2062 public\u2019s \u200dright to know.<\/p>\n<p>It is essential\u200d that\u200c news organizations respect the integrity \u2064and independence \u2062of \u200btheir journalists, as well as \u200cuphold the principles of \u2064press freedom. \u2063The decision to confiscate Herridge\u2019s personal files and computer not \u200conly violates her privacy but also threatens the confidentiality\u200b of her sources and \u2062the\u200b ability to uncover stories of public interest.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p>Journalists play a crucial role \u200cin a democratic society by holding\u200b power\u200c to account and providing the\u200b public with \u2064reliable information. \u2062It \u2063is imperative that\u2062 they are \u200dallowed to work without fear \u200bof retribution or\u200b interference from their\u200b employers.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200b an age where misinformation and disinformation\u200d are rampant,\u2062 it is\u2063 more important than ever to support\u2063 and protect journalists who strive to uncover the truth. The Hunter Biden laptop story, which was initially dismissed by \u200cmainstream media outlets, is a \u2063prime\u2064 example\u2064 of the need for diverse and independent voices within the media landscape.<\/p>\n<p>The actions taken by\u200d \u200dCBS News in relation to Catherine Herridge\u2019s personal files and computer are deeply concerning and undermine\u200c the principles of\u2063 journalistic integrity and freedom of the\u200d press. It is \u200bincumbent upon media \u200ccompanies to ensure that they \u2064respect the rights of their employees and the important role\u200c they play in our \u200cdemocracy.<\/p>\n<p>As\u200b the\u200c case \u2064unfolds, \u200cit is crucial\u2062 for\u200d journalists, media organizations, and the public to \u2063closely monitor \u2062the proceedings. The outcome of Herridge\u2019s First Amendment lawsuit will have far-reaching implications for the \u200cfuture of journalism and\u200d the ability of reporters to hold those in power accountable. The protection of journalists\u2019 sources is essential for the functioning of \u200ba democratic society and the preservation of transparency \u200dand accountability.<\/p>\n<p>It is our collective responsibility to defend and protect the\u200b freedom of the\u200b press. Without an independent, fearless, and robust\u200c media, democracy is \u2063at risk of erosion. The\u200b case of Catherine Herridge \u200cdemonstrates the importance of upholding the principles of the First Amendment and safeguarding the\u200d rights of journalists to pursue\u2063 the \u2062truth and inform\u200c the public.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>   <\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catherine Herridge joins Paramount&#8217;s White House Correspondents&#8217; Dinner after party in Washington, DC. 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