A longtime journalist laid off by CBS News this year will speak out about her firing for the first time on Thursday at a hearing in Congress and plans to criticize the network for taking files containing confidential source information.
Catherine Herridge, a former senior investigative correspondent, will appear as a witness before a House Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee hearing on press freedom issues and say that her former employer encroached on her rights, according to her opening statement, obtained by the Washington Examiner.
“CBS News’ decision to seize my reporting records crossed a red line that I believe should never be crossed by any media organization,” Herridge will say.
Herridge had a high-profile role at CBS News beginning in 2019 and, prior to that, had worked at Fox News since the 1990s. She became known for covering national security issues and, more recently,
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