Award-winning journalist and correspondent Catherine Herridge was one of several CBS News reporters laid off as part of the 800 employees handed pink slips by Paramount Global on Tuesday.
Some of the last reporting she did for the outlet was on allegations put forth in special counsel Robert Hur’s report in the Biden classified documents case.
Sources told the New York Post that positions within CBS News’ Washington bureau, where Herridge covered national security and intelligence stories, were hit particularly hard by the layoffs. Altogether, CBS News was hit with 20 jobs being cut.
BREAKING: Respected American journalist Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) has just been fired by @CBS after her recent reporting, including this. https://t.co/sleNjgmdVu
— Simon Ateba (@simonateba) February 13, 2024
One of the last stories worked on by Herridge regarded a letter sent to Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday by House committee chairmen James Comer, Jim Jordan, and Jason Smith requiring the production of a transcript of special counsel Robert Hur’s interview with Joe Biden as part of the classified documents case.
I hear McDonald’s is hiring…