…CNN’s media reporters, normally reliable critics of all things Republican, sound skeptical of it.
The story, by correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, suggested there was a possible link between the [$100,000] donation [by Publix to DeSantis] and the state’s partnership with Publix stores for vaccine distribution — a serious issue of foul play, if true.
But, beyond spotlighting the public finance records, “60 Minutes” never offered any substantive evidence to support the significant assertion and link the donation with the partnership.
“60 Minutes” doesn’t care. They’re standing by their story — or at least their much-criticized redaction of DeSantis’s answer when he was asked by a CBS reporter to explain himself. Via Mediaite: