Former Fox News reporter Catherine Herridge has been held in civil contempt of court for refusing to divulge a source at the heart of a story that triggered a defamation suit. Herridge will be fined $800 dollars for every day that she does not comply with the court’s order to disclose the source. “The Court does not reach this result lightly,” said the ruling from U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper. “It recognizes the paramount importance of a free press in our society and the critical role that confidential sources play in the work of investigative journalists like Herridge. Yet the Court…