Former CBS News reporter Catherine Herridge — who was controversially fired from the network in February while investigating the Hunter Biden laptop scandal — released a bulletin Thursday.
The award-winning investigative reporter, who began reporting for Elon Musk-owned X in June, is expanding her journalistic footprint with Catherine Herridge Reports, named after her investigative series on the social media platform.
The newsletter includes analysis of her latest investigations and current events, as well as updates on her reports and a forum that allows her subscribers to interact directly with the reporter.
“This is the same quality of work to the same standards that I was doing at CBS News. I’m just telling stories that I wasn’t able to tell before,” Herridge told The Post.
The veteran journalist said the weekly newsletter will initially be free and then there will be a subscription fee, which has yet to be determined.
“This will be the first time in 37 years that I have such direct exchanges with people who have watched me for years on television,” she said.
Her first X report was about a 24-year-old soldier who suffered a “debilitating heart condition” linked to the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine that left him with over $70,000 in medical debt.
Herridge produced military records that confirmed the soldier’s heart injury was linked to complications from the vaccine.
After the report was posted on X, the Army paid for some of the soldier’s medical bills and promised that she would recover some of her back pay, Herridge said.
Her second investigation dealt with the border crisis and alleged violations of a federal law by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency — as well as its subsequent retaliation against whistleblowers who exposed the violation.
The exposure Herridge’s reporting has received on X has already surpassed ratings for the declining CBS Evening News.
According to X, Herridge’s first report garnered 3.4 million views and her border investigation garnered over 24 million views.
“The stories had the same impact on X that they would on CBS News,” Herridge said, adding that the difference is that they are “reaching a much larger and more diverse audience on X.”
“If you have to choose between 4.5 million on the Evening News and 24 million views, you have to go with 24 million engagements because that’s where the growing audience is today.”
The strong ratings may seem like some kind of vindication for Herridge, who faced pushback from her bosses at CBS News for her Hunter Biden reporting.
Things took a strange turn in February when Herridge was let go as part of broader layoffs initiated by CBS parent company Paramount.
Her personal files from her office were seized from the network, leading to an investigation by the House Judiciary Committee.
After a push from Herridge’s union, the files were returned.
Herridge’s fans are hoping the reporter will shed some light on what happened to the laptop reporting and whether it was blocked in the fall of 2020 by CBS News.
She declined to comment on the sensitive subject, but weighed in on her second act as a freelance journalist.
“There is an earthquake in the market right now. You can’t argue with data,” she said, referring to declining TV ratings and rising social media viewership. “You have to make these transitions.”
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