In a video for her newsletter subscribers, Herridge described the challenges she faced at CBS covering the Hunter Biden laptop story and the "Twitter files," which Musk shared with independent journalists after buying Twitter.

Herridge said she "went to the CBS executives and I said, this is the opportunity that we have. [Musk’s] saying, I want to do it live and on my platform, as The New York Post reported.

“He’s one of the most influential human beings on the planet, and the reaction from the executives was, well, we can’t do it live. And I was like, what do you mean we can’t do it live? I was like, well, we don’t know what he’s going to say,” she continued.

“Well, you know, it has to be taped. We have to have the ability to edit it. It has to be on our platform. We have to control the platform. We talked at one point about whether we could do it sort of like a simulcast between the streaming network and maybe X, but everything just got shut down.”

The Fallout

Herridge never followed up with Musk to clarify the situation since CBS's actions made her feel humiliated. She reasoned that Musk's dedication to free speech would have made it hard for him to understand what was happening.

After buying Twitter, Musk changed internal practices that censored conservative users and words and gave the "Twitter files" to independent media. In subsequent versions, he made numerous operational improvements to platform X and renamed it.

In February, as part of the network's cost-cutting measures, CBS fired Herridge. After her termination, the network took her reporting files, which was heavily criticized.

A Forced Concession

SAG-AFTRA, a media union concerned about press freedom, put pressure on CBS, and the network eventually handed the materials to Herridge.

Democrats were furious with Hur because, in his inquiry report, he noted that Biden's mental acuity and memory were declining, even though he did not suggest criminal charges.

In July, after Democrats rose up in anger about the octogenarian president's mental degeneration due to his terrible debate performance, Biden formally withdrew from the presidential election.

The Journalist's New Audience

Herridge now uses X and her independent newsletter to communicate her investigative work with subscribers.

For many years, Herridge has been a go-to source for news on national security and the scandals involving Hunter Biden.

In the video she shared with subscribers, Herridge divulged further details on CBS's attempt to obstruct her coverage of the laptop story involving Hunter Biden in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election.