Special Report anchor Bret Baier reacts on America Reports
One of the prominent Florida Democrats who has spoken out against the controversial 60 Minutes report targeting Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is shedding light on what exactly he told CBS News.
Members of both parties have accused the venerable newsmagazine show of concocting a hit piece accusing the potential 2024 Republican presidential candidate of engaging in a pay-for-play scheme involving the grocery store chain Publix. CBS News issued a statement on Tuesday defending its Sunday night report. When Florida state data revealed people of color were vaccinated at a much lower rate than their wealthier neighbors, ‘60 Minutes’ reported the facts surrounding the vaccine’s rollout, which is controlled by the governor, a CBS News spokesperson told Fox News. We requested and conducted interviews with dozens of sources and authorities involved. We requested an interview with Gov. Ron DeSanti
Florida’s State Emergency Management Director,
Jared Moskowitz, is slamming CBS for not taking his comments for
60 Minutes’ highly-criticized report on Governor
Ron DeSantis (R).
The news show has been facing major backlash for airing a package with the insinuation that DeSantis gave Publix exclusive rights to administer coronavirus vaccines to people after the supermarket chain donated to his political campaign. The controversy revolves around the fact that DeSantis responded to the pay-for-play charge, but
60 Minutesomitted the part of his answer where he explained that Publix offered to take the initiative on the vaccine rollout, and they were well positioned to vaccinate most of Florida’s elderly residents.
The colorful dressing-down came during a press conference on the Hurricane Michael recovery after reporters asked about his battle with CBS, which shows no signs of deescalating.
“I know corporate media thinks that they can just run over people,” Mr. DeSantis said. “You ain’t running over this governor. I’m punching back.”
CBS released a second statement Tuesday saying that Mr. DeSantis declined a request for an interview and that “60 Minutes” spoke twice to Jared Moskowitz, the state emergency management director, but that he declined to be interviewed on camera “until well after our deadline.”
“The idea we ignored their perspective is untrue,” said the CBS statement posted on WJHG-TV in Panama City. “Counter to his statement yesterday, we also spoke on the record with Palm Beach County Mayor David Kerner. For over 50 years, the facts reported by 60 MINUTES have often stirred debate and prompted strong reactions. Our story Sunday night speaks for itself.
Fox News media analyst Howard Kurtz joins America Reports to discuss the widely criticized CBS 60 Minutes segment.
Axios raised eyebrows on Tuesday by accusing Florida Republican Gov.Ron DeSantis of milking a widely-panned 60 Minutes report that accused him of taking part in a pay-for-play scheme.
DeSantis has been on the offensive after the venerable CBS newsmagazine aired a report which suggested that the governor rewarded the grocery store chain Publix with coronavirus vaccine distribution rights after the company donated $100,000 to his campaign. They don’t believe in facts. It was a political narrative, DeSantis told Fox News Tucker Carlson Tonight Monday.
Special Report anchor Bret Baier reacts on America Reports
When then-President Donald Trump accused CBS News 60 Minutes of deceptively editing an interview he did with correspondent Lesley Stahl during the 2020 election campaign, the program stood by a pledge of full, fair and contexted reporting.
However, the network s response to criticism of a botched hit piece targeting Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis suggests they ve strayed from their once-lauded professional standard.
In October, Trump published purportedly unedited footage of his sitdown with Stahl on Facebook in an attempt to respond to what he perceived to be a vicious attempted takeout’ by the veteran correspondent.