Catherine Herridge is a partisan, rightwing hack who is a regular conduit for conservative media manipulation ploys because she agrees to publicize things before contacting T̶h̶e̶ ̶D̶N̶C̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶b̶l̶a̶c̶k̶m̶a̶i̶l̶e̶d̶ ̶i̶n̶t̶o̶ ̶m̶e̶m̶o̶r̶y̶h̶o̶l̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶d̶a̶m̶a̶g̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶i̶n̶f̶o̶r̶m̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ the target to ask for comment.