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Fired CBS reporter reveals how network killed Hunter Biden laptop story: ‘I felt sick’

CBS News went to great lengths to squash correspondent Catherine Herridge’s reporting about the Hunter Biden laptop just weeks before the 2020 election, the award-winning investigative journalist claimed.

In her bombshell allegation, Herridge revealed she brought evidence to CBS News executive Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews and “CBS Evening News” anchor Norah O’Donnell in early October 2020 that the laptop contained material about “a million dollar retainer from a Chinese energy firm,” along with business texts and emails from the son of Democratic challenger Joe Biden.

But later that month, Herridge wrote that she was shocked to see “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl say the laptop “couldn’t be verified” during a tense interview with then-President Donald Trump.

“As I watched the broadcast, I felt sick,” Herridge, who was controversially fired by the Tiffany Network in February, wrote Sunday night in her recently launched newsletter.

“I knew the laptop records could be vetted and confirmed.”

She added that she was surprised that “60 Minutes” — which came under fire last month for allegedly editing comments made by Vice President Kamala Harris to avoid a “word salad” answer about the Middle East conflict — had not been working with the news division to confirm her reporting.

There was such a “disconnect” between the two entities, she said.

…. The Post was the only mainstream publication to report at the time that the laptop belonged to Hunter Biden — leading to a ban of the story by social media giants Facebook and Twitter.

It took an additional two years for CBS to broadcast a forensic review of the Hunter Biden laptop data. By that time, Ciprian-Matthews had been elevated to the role of CBS News president.

Herridge said she continued to advocate for her report on the laptop, which “determined that both the data belonged to Hunter Biden and it had not been tampered with.”

“Our report was broadcast in November 2022, after the midterm elections,” Herridge said.

Oh for the days when CBS was a trusted source of real news.

Coming to corporate Boardrooms and faculty lounges near you (UPDATED)

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harvard class of ‘25

UPDATE: Well, we know who those parents didn’t raise: Scarborough’s children..

Scarborough Trashes Trump Voters: ‘Who are These People…Who Raised Them?’

New listing up on Aiken

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38 Aiken Road, $11.5 million. I remember when this house sold for $6.9 million, and I was shocked. I wasn’t shocked, however, when it failed to resell at $6.995 in 2013, nor that it finally sold in 2020 for $3.2; that seemed like the right price for a tired old building on 4 acres in the north country.

Now it’s been completely reworked and redone, and at least it looks like something that could legitimately ask for so much money. We’ll see what happens.

No, not P'Nut; something more prophetic

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The National Zoo Just Euthanized One of Their Elephants. Guess What Her Name Was.

An elderly elephant named "Kamala" with prolonged health issues was just euthanized at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C.

Kamala — estimated to be about 50 years old, an advantaged age for her species — was humanely put down Friday, the Smithsonian announced over the weekend, after her physical condition had "irreversibly declined."

…. Ultimately, her keepers believed that the pain medication could no longer keep Kamala comfortable and elected to euthanize her. She was put out of her misery in the elephant barn.

Kamala's death comes days away from the 2024 election when Vice President Kamala Harris could be voted out of office.

"We thought we'd left that behind us when we left Edgartown!" From Belle Haven to Bel Air, all the best people are feeling picked on

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Photo Courtesy of Burning madoff

Catching up on some of Friday's (limited) real estate activity

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66 Laddins Rock Road, listed at $879,000, sold for $890,000. Another one of Gideon’s Give Back Program listings, where Gid dips into his own pocket to help another agent’s client afford a house. “It’s just something I have to do”, he explains modestly.

Pending in NoPo Riverside, new construction at 86 Mary Lane, $3.190 million, is reported pending after just nine days on market. No word at this time whether Brother Gideon is also helping to finance this one, but hey — you never know.