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Ron DeSantis (R) on Wednesday in his dispute with CBS News’
60 Minutes.
“A sloppy moment on Sunday’s show is raising serious concerns,” the nonprofit fact-checking group’s
Tom Jonesnoted in a column on its website. He said a Sunday story from the network’s
Sharyn Alfonsi and
Oriana Zill de Granados alleging that DeSantis provided a handful of Publix grocery stores with early access to Covid-19 vaccines failed to deliver the goods, writing, “If DeSantis ran a ‘pay-for-play’ scheme involving vaccinations for the coronavirus that’s an explosive story. But
60 Minutes really didn’t deliver substantial evidence that DeSantis did any such thing.”
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New emails from the camp of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) handed to Fox News underline the shady way the CBS
60 Minutes team operated before their Sunday night hatchet job suggesting (without actual connecting evidence) that DeSantis engaged in a pay to play scheme with the Publix supermarket chain on vaccine distribution.
On March 31, the Wednesday before the show,
60 Minutes associate producer Emily Gordon sent a list of questions to DeSantis staffer Meredith Beatrice with a deadline set for Thursday at 5 p.m. Beatrice asked for more time. The next morning, the segment s top producer Oriana Zill de Granados confirmed to Beatrice that the report on DeSantis would air on Sunday and wrote: Please send us your responses when you are able.
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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