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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
Mon May 18, 2020, 07:45 AM May 2020

CBS hired conspiracy reporter from Fox News, now she's pushing "Obamagate"

https://pressrun.media/p/cbs-hired-conspiracy-reporter-from

When CBS News last year hired a Fox News reporter who had been aggressively wrong about the Benghazi story for three straight years, it was not a good sign. It's distressing when a mainstream media outlet is so anxious to make nice with conservatives that they hire someone like Catherine Herridge, whose career is filled with misinformation work. But that's what CBS did, despite the reporter's long and shameful history of acting more as a Republican partisan than a straight news reporter.

At Fox News, Herridge peddled whatever Republicans on the Hill were pushing — Hillary Clinton's email server was hacked by a crime syndicate! President Barack Obama was MIA the night of the Benghazi attack! She basically ran an ongoing misinformation campaign on behalf of the GOP. (Her Twitter feed still serves as one.)

Herridge has emerged in recent days as a media point person as the White House tries frantically to smear former President Barack Obama with the hollow claims of a "Obamagate" scandal.

Herridge recently treated Attorney General Bill Barr to a softball interview after he stunned the legal community when the Department of Justice dropped its charges against Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn. He had already pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI in 2017 about his contacts with Russian officials during the 2016 campaign. Then Herridge was handed a Republicans "scoop," which peddled the absurd claim that Obama and Vice President Biden were part of this vast, left-wing, Deep State conspiracy to ensnare the Trump presidency.

Last week, a staffer on Biden's campaign called Herridge a "right-wing hack.” He’s not the only one taking note recently. "Democrats on Capitol Hill have grown particularly irked by [Herridge's] work, believing she’s become a de facto clearing house for conservative conspiracy theorists who want to give their material the veneer of mainstream objectivity," the Daily Beast reported. Some CBS staffers are becoming increasingly concerned. "Personally I and a few of my other colleagues are really frustrated because we thought she wanted to come to CBS to do real news, not just GOP talking points, but she’s just doing more of the same stuff,” a network source told the Daily Beast.

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CBS hired conspiracy reporter from Fox News, now she's pushing "Obamagate" (Original Post) Dennis Donovan May 2020 OP
Looks like most big news editors relate more to Trump and FAUX News than to average working American uponit7771 May 2020 #1
Catherine Herridge "right-wing hack". Exposed.nt oasis May 2020 #2
What a sad decline by the network that once featured the "most trusted man in America." GoCubsGo May 2020 #3
Once again, Dennis - this is just further evidence that those in charge bullwinkle428 May 2020 #4
We should start call them the Nixon/Trump administration ... aggiesal May 2020 #22
"It May Not Be Good for America, But It's Damn Good for CBS" dalton99a May 2020 #5
Les Moonves.. Fired by CBS & worth "$800 Million" Cha May 2020 #30
and the link ... Hermit-The-Prog May 2020 #31
Mahalo, Hermit.. real standup guy that Les Moonves.. Cha May 2020 #32
CBS is now Columbia Entertainment Network - 60 Minutes is the only credible news left Hestia May 2020 #6
the key word here is "Entertainment" nt yellowdogintexas May 2020 #11
Boycott CBS until that un-American liar is fired. rockfordfile May 2020 #7
Once you get that fox news stink on you kacekwl May 2020 #8
I stream CBS, and they hammer Trump all the time. Chakaconcarne May 2020 #9
Don't like it? Let 'em know! calimary May 2020 #10
Thank you. oasis May 2020 #15
Glenn Greenwald defended her last week Dem4Life1102 May 2020 #12
"Thanks, corporate news!" struggle4progress May 2020 #13
They were looking for sensationalism. Texin May 2020 #14
There is no such thing as the liberal media, and there never has been. Lonestarblue May 2020 #16
Obamagate ... damn it, I keep forgetting! What were his alleged crimes again? Brother Mythos May 2020 #17
Probably just the color of his skin. FailureToCommunicate May 2020 #18
Don't use Obama & @#$% in the same sentence ... aggiesal May 2020 #24
I believe the most effective way to discredit Obamagate is to lampoon it without mercy. Brother Mythos May 2020 #25
Then the word becomes part of the vernacular ... aggiesal May 2020 #26
Obamagate is already part of the vernacular. Brother Mythos May 2020 #27
We both want the same thing ... aggiesal May 2020 #28
Reputable news organizations have to get away from ideological balance and back to journalism bucolic_frolic May 2020 #19
FU for hiring her, CBS. I'll remember that. donkeypoofed May 2020 #20
When they show you who they are, believe them! n/t aggiesal May 2020 #21
When did Tabloid news become something that mainstream media aspired to become? Baitball Blogger May 2020 #23
When the money started rolling in, of course. nt crickets May 2020 #29

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
3. What a sad decline by the network that once featured the "most trusted man in America."
Mon May 18, 2020, 08:04 AM
May 2020

The only good thing about this is that hardly anyone watches them anymore, and hiring this nutbag isn't going to help that.

bullwinkle428

(20,629 posts)
4. Once again, Dennis - this is just further evidence that those in charge
Mon May 18, 2020, 08:39 AM
May 2020

of "big media" in general are willing to hang onto those Trump-derived ratings like grim death, and will do everything in their power to maintain the "horse race" state of the general election, no matter how bad things get or how many people willingly appear to turn against him.

aggiesal

(8,921 posts)
22. We should start call them the Nixon/Trump administration ...
Mon May 18, 2020, 11:03 AM
May 2020

There is no reason why the polls should even be this close.
It should just be the diehards against everyone else.
5 point ByeDon lead should be more like 65% to 35%.

Maybe referring them as the Nixon/Trump administration
could switch those 12%-13% people ready to vote for Pendejo45
to ByeDon's side.

Cha

(297,473 posts)
32. Mahalo, Hermit.. real standup guy that Les Moonves..
Tue May 19, 2020, 03:33 PM
May 2020

So incredibly sad about the US media's willing to promote Endless Bullshit.

 

Hestia

(3,818 posts)
6. CBS is now Columbia Entertainment Network - 60 Minutes is the only credible news left
Mon May 18, 2020, 08:59 AM
May 2020

The rest is feel good stories by Steve Hartman, which is all fine and good if there is absolutely nothing else to report. His stories supersede all that. There is no time left for some actual news.

Texin

(2,596 posts)
14. They were looking for sensationalism.
Mon May 18, 2020, 09:56 AM
May 2020

CBS was long-tagged as liberal, and it's true they did skew a little left of center -- but that was back in the days of Rather and Cronkite. They are all owned by vast right-wing corporations now and those execs push hard to get out corporate propaganda even if it means pushing what a fascist whack brained idiot wants to spew.

Lonestarblue

(10,038 posts)
16. There is no such thing as the liberal media, and there never has been.
Mon May 18, 2020, 10:15 AM
May 2020

Conservatives, knowing they had Fox News and hate radio sewed up, started the liberal media propaganda campaign to discredit legitimate facts. Thus, any negative coverage of their actions could just be dismissed as liberal bias. We would do well to remember that the news business is run by corporate heads who are more interested in profits than in presenting fair and accurate news stories. I suspect many of the CEOs are Trump supporters, except maybe Bezos. Hard to with him since Trump has gone after him personally. Business leaders tend to lean Republican because they do not want to pay taxes. They have no interest in supporting Democrats because their taxes will likely increase.

The question I have is whether they believe Trump and Republicans are destroying the country or whether they even care. I suspect not.

aggiesal

(8,921 posts)
24. Don't use Obama & @#$% in the same sentence ...
Mon May 18, 2020, 11:17 AM
May 2020

you'll only propagate what they want, which is to spread the word wide & far
and create a "But her emails ..." justification.

Brother Mythos

(1,442 posts)
25. I believe the most effective way to discredit Obamagate is to lampoon it without mercy.
Mon May 18, 2020, 11:46 AM
May 2020

Obamagate is not going to magically disappear because we simply choose to ignore it. The cultists are going to believe what they want to believe, no matter what the easily provable facts may be. So, why even waste time on them with actual, easily provable facts? I say, lampoon it to the point where few will dare to talk about it like it's something real.

aggiesal

(8,921 posts)
26. Then the word becomes part of the vernacular ...
Mon May 18, 2020, 11:51 AM
May 2020

and those politically lazy voters, and they are the majority, are not going to see the lampooning anyway, but they'll remember the word.

Brother Mythos

(1,442 posts)
27. Obamagate is already part of the vernacular.
Mon May 18, 2020, 12:00 PM
May 2020

Like I've already written, "Obamagate is not going to magically disappear because we simply choose to ignore it ..."

aggiesal

(8,921 posts)
28. We both want the same thing ...
Mon May 18, 2020, 12:16 PM
May 2020

You chose to propagate, I choose to limit.
Let’s hope, which one is implemented, works.

bucolic_frolic

(43,249 posts)
19. Reputable news organizations have to get away from ideological balance and back to journalism
Mon May 18, 2020, 10:30 AM
May 2020

I understand fresh ideas create vibrancy, ratings, growth. It was the basis of the Enlightenment. Nazism is not a fresh idea that anyone would want to espouse.

donkeypoofed

(2,187 posts)
20. FU for hiring her, CBS. I'll remember that.
Mon May 18, 2020, 10:40 AM
May 2020

Not ever going to watch CBS again till they get rid of that nutter.

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