So, with DeSantis s stock rising in the GOP, enter the national media s most-watched broadcast news program, 60 Minutes, to look into DeSantis s handling of vaccine rollouts in the Sunshine State. On cue, the program accused the governor of a pay-to-play vaccine distribution scheme with Publix stores, which has more than 800 locations in Florida.
Appropriately weary of media bias, DeSantis refused to appear on the program because he likely knew such a piece would paint him in a poor light while keeping out key facts or soundbites. And that s exactly what happened after CBS s Sharyn Alfonsi cornered DeSantis at a March press conference to inquire about Publix s role in the vaccination effort and a $100,000 donation to the governor s political action committee.
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Yikes: E-mails show DeSantis team asked CBS, 60 Minutes to interview Moskowitz and were told “the deadline has passed”
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Yikes: E-mails show DeSantis team asked CBS, 60 Minutes to interview Moskowitz and were told “the deadline has passed”
Ed MorrisseyPosted at 10:13 am on April 7, 2021
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60 Minutes go out of its way to concoct the hit piece on Ron DeSantis? New e-mails published by Fox News this morning show that the Florida governor’s team tried to arrange an interview between Sharyn Alfonsi and the Democrat in charge of the state’s emergency response agency, along with the Democratic mayor of Palm Beach County, to explain the Publix partnership. They even offered to make Jared Moskowitz available by Skype or in person.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis attacks 60 Minutes for thoroughly dishonest COVID-19 vaccine report The whole thing is a big lie, DeSantis says of CBS broadcast
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday held a news conference in Tallahassee about a scathing report on 60 Minutes that suggested DeSantis favored Publix and wealthy communities during the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. â Ridiculous smear narrative. Thoroughly dishonest. Total disaster.
Those were just some of the harsh comments Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hurled at 60 Minutes on Wednesday about a scathing report over the weekend that suggested DeSantis favored Publix and wealthy communities during the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
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60 Minutes controversy, go back and read these two pieces and get caught up. In my post yesterday, I added CBS News statement as an update, but I want to feature it here because it deserves prominent scrutiny. Rather than admit error active malpractice is more like it
60 Minutes initially doubled down, claiming that their misleading edits were made for clarity. I ve dismantled that claim twice over, but those edits are only a small slice of the broader problem. The far bigger issue is that
60 Minutes team was explicitly warned, on the record, by two Florida Democrats with firsthand knowledge of the situation that their DeSantis pay-for-play corruption angle was totally and completely without merit. The journalists