Congressman Dan Bishop (R-NC) argued that The Wall Street Journal had been “captured” by the left during a hearing featuring former CBS reporter Catherine Herridge on Thursday.
“My observation — and I’m a Republican, so it’s partisan I guess in part — but I think you look at the stats, I would suggest the American people see it this way, CBS News is among the corporate behemoth media outlets, all of which seem to be captured by one side of the American political spectrum,” said Bishop while laying the groundwork for a question directed at Herridge. “You’ve worked for one of those. Maybe Fox News one on the other side, but CBS, NBC, Wall Street Journal-”
At that point Bishop paused, seemingly momentarily decided that he had made a mistake, cutting himself off with an “excuse me” before ultimately discerning that his first instinct was the right one. Well, largely, yes. Washington Post, New York Times, all of big media seems to be captured by one side.”
Eventually, Bishop got around to asking Herridge what she made of the situation he described and how “a journalist who’s independent and wants to call balls and strikes function in an environment where all the big media behemoths are captured by one side of the political spectrum?”
Herridge responded by emphasizing the important of ideological diversity, but without necessarily adopting all of Bishop&
“I worked at ABC News, I worked at Fox News, and I worked at CBS News, and I brought the same approach at every place that I worked, which is that it’s about accountability journalism on the left and on the right and representing diverse points of view,” she said. “This is so important in a marketplace of ideas. It’s so important in a civil debate to settle issues in this country. And I feel that the Press Act in guaranteeing these protections to sources helps grow the voices in journalism.That’s the bottom line for me, diverse voices.”
Watch above via C-SPAN2.