CBS Reporter Mocks Breitbart for Hit Piece About Her Vaccination Card: ‘This is Hilarious’

CBS News Digital White House reporter Kathryn Watson mocked right-wing news website Breitbart for publishing a hit piece about her making copies of her coronavirus vaccination card.

“I now have images/data of my vax card stored with my doctor’s office, health insurance, and at least one other database, and I’ve stored pictures of my card in multiple locations because I’m paranoid,” Ms. Watson tweeted on Wednesday. “I am very good at losing things.”

I am very good at losing things.

— Kathryn Watson (@kathrynw5) August 4, 2021

On Wednesday, Breitbart posted a story about her tweet. The headline was “’I’m Paranoid’: CBS White House Reporter Stores Multiple Copies of Her ‘Vax Card.’”

The article also accused Watson of supporting something they called “total vaccine segregation”:

Last month, Watson floated total vaccine segregation as a viable option in response to mounting complaints about restrictions the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has imposed on the cruise industry, which requires that nearly everyone aboard be vaccinated.

“Easy, one boat for vaccinated people, another for unvaccinated people,” Watson wrote in response to a Bloomberg article that discussed how the cruise industry would juggle having both vaccinated and unvaccinated guests.

“Half joking but also half not,” Watson added.

On Friday, Watson shared a screenshot of the story with the headline and an unflattering picture of her.

Good pic choice tho

— Kathryn Watson (@kathrynw5) August 6, 2021

She tweeted, “lololol, imagine having nothing better to write about than a stupid tweet I wrote about keeping multiple photos of my vaccine card. This is hilarious.”

“Good pic choice tho,” she added.