Catherine Herridge, the veteran CBS News investigative journalist, testified before a House Judiciary subcommittee on Thursday as part of a hearing on press freedoms and the need to make the Press Act law. ...
CBS News has publicly denied seizing Herridge’s files, saying in a previous statement, “Contrary to several false press reports, absolutely none of Ms. Herridge’s files were ‘seized.’ Rather, CBS acted to secure and protect the material in Ms. Herridge’s office.” ...
Later during the hearing, Herridge described CBS’s actions in even more stark terms, saying, “When the network of Walter Cronkite seizes your reporting files including confidential information that is an attack on investigative journalism.”
“When my records were seized, I felt it was a journalistic rape,” she added.
Herridge also discussed whether or not her termination was related to her being held in contempt of court, she said that “there was tension over the Hunter Biden reporting and the Biden reporting but I can’t say for sure why I was let go.”
Much of Herridge’s remarks pressed for the passage of the Press Act, which would give journalists federal shield protections from revealing sources.
