’60 Minutes’ faces backlash from Democrats and Publix for critical story on Florida’s vaccine rollout
“60 Minutes” is facing backlash for a story it aired Sunday on Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis including from the supermarket chain Publix and two prominent Democrats in the state.
As part of a larger story about Florida’s vaccine rollout, the renowned newsmagazine program spotlighted a recent $100,000 donation that Publix made to DeSantis’ re-election bid.
The story, by correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, suggested there was a possible link between the donation and the state’s partnership with Publix stores for vaccine distribution a serious issue of foul play, if true.
North Korea says it won t send athletes to the Tokyo Olympics
The announcement was made via a website run by North Korea s sports ministry,
The Associated Press reports, with officials saying the decision not to send athletes to the games was made during a meeting in late March. Japanese Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa told reporters she is still working on confirming details on the matter.
In 2018, 22 North Korean athletes competed in the Winter Olympics, held in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and were supported by a 230-member cheer squad. North and South Korean athletes marched together under a flag that symbolized a unified Korean peninsula, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un s sister, Kim Yo Jong, attended the games and made an overture on behalf of her brother, letting South Korea know he wanted to have a summit with President Moon Jae-in.
Health officials release information on mobile vaccination clinics in Central Florida Share Updated: 12:18 PM EDT Apr 5, 2021 WESH Share Updated: 12:18 PM EDT Apr 5, 2021 Officials with the Florida Division of Emergency Management released new information on Monday regarding mobile vaccination clinics.All individuals age 18 or older can be vaccinated at the following one-day mobile vaccination sites and each site can administer up to 400 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. No appointment is required.Here are the locations for Monday, April 5. Each site is open until 7 p.m.Beardell Senior Center, 800 Delany Avenue, Orlando, Fla., 32801Food Bank - New Life Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, 3919 W. New Hampshire Street, Orlando, Fla., 32808Lipscomb Community Center, 3316 Monroe Street, Melbourne, Fla., 32901
Why anyone still takes CBSâs ânewsâ show â60 Minutesâ seriously after its long history of blatantly deceptive promulgation of demonstrably false narratives is anybodyâs guess. That â60 Minutesâ is still considered reputable journalism by many is a testament to the manipulative power of popular media. In truth, the show is nothing more than a leftist propaganda program masquerading as investigative journalism. This reality was once again brought home over the weekend when the program was exposed for deliberately spinning a false narrative against Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis via a deceptively edited interview.
The â60 Minutesâ story is nothing other than an anti-DeSantis hit piece aimed at smearing the governorâs impressive and successful leadership in handling the ChiCom Virus pandemic and specifically vaccine distribution. CBSâs Sharyn Alfonsi, who covered the segment, claims that DeSantis engaged in âpay-
Miami Dade College North Campus
Starting today, Florida s four federal vaccination sites in Miami, Tampa, Orlando, and Jacksonville will administer the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. In Miami, the federal site is at Miami Dade College s North Campus, 11380 NW 27th Ave.
The site is open daily from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and no appointment is necessary. As of now, the site plans to have up to 3,000 doses available per day.
ICYMI: Beginning today, the federally-supported vaccination sites in Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville & Miami can administer up to 3,000 doses of the J&J vaccine at each site. All individuals 18 & older are eligible to receive the vaccine. Learn more - https://t.co/DffUT7RpUk FL Division of Emergency Management (@FLSERT) April 6, 2021