CBS News president Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews is stepping down amid reports she blocked reporting on Hunter Biden’s laptop and accusations of racial discrimination against white female journalists. It was Ciprian-Matthews who clashed with correspondent Catherine Herridge, who was fired by the station back in February.
CBS News ousts top exec accused of blocking correspondent’s Hunter Biden laptop coverage https://t.co/ewKxoRsNse
— Jason Foster (@JsnFostr) July 10, 2024
CBS News president Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews — who was accused of sidelining white journalists and blocking an acclaimed correspondent’s reporting on the Hunter Biden laptop — is stepping down at the network, the company said Wednesday.
The controversial news boss, who was named president just last August, is exiting after she made headlines in February over the firing of Catherine Herridge, a respected senior investigative reporter who had been doggedly covering the Hunter Biden laptop story for the network.
At the time, media insiders speculated that Herridge’s exit was linked to her reporting that President Biden may have kept evidence that he had foreign business dealings while in office.
Now the President of CBS News is fired..but what about the damage she did? She fired one of the best investigative reporters @C__Herridge …so will CBSNews do the right thing? Re hire or at least apologize to Catherine Herridge? Don’t hold your breath.. pic.twitter.com/K1V44F6Dpf
— Greta Van Susteren (@greta) July 11, 2024