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.”
On Sunday,
60 Minutes ran a 13-minute segment about Florida s distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. The TV newsmagazine reported on several critiques of the rollout that have been widely covered by local news outlets, including the racial divide among the state s vaccinated population and the optics of a vaccination site opening in the wealthy, politically connected community of Lakewood Ranch outside Bradenton in Manatee County.
But the climax of the piece, which focuses on Palm Beach County, was an exchange in which
60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi questioned Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis about the state s partnership with Publix for vaccine distribution after the grocery chain donated $100,000 to the governor s re-election campaign late last year.
Unpacking edits in â60 Minutesâ report on DeSantis, Florida vaccines | PolitiFact
A CBS correspondent questioned Gov. Ron DeSantis on the stateâs partnership with Publix to distribute vaccines in Palm Beach County.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gestures during a news conference Sunday at the Manatee County Emergency Management office in Palmetto. [ CHRIS O MEARA | AP ]
Did
60 Minutes selectively edit video footage of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to portray the stateâs coronavirus vaccine in a negative light? Thatâs what DeSantis and some of his supporters are saying.
60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi looked at how wealthy Floridians were among the first to get coronavirus vaccines in the state, to the detriment of working-class areas. That reporting was overshadowed by
Analysis: Unpacking the edits in â60 Minutesâ report on Ron DeSantis, Florida vaccines
Published: April 8, 2021 2:12 PM EDT
Updated: April 8, 2021 6:54 PM EDT
Did “60 Minutes” selectively edit video footage of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to portray the stateâs coronavirus vaccine in a negative light? Thatâs what DeSantis and some of his supporters are saying.
The report by “60 Minutes” correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi looked at how wealthy Floridians were among the first to get coronavirus vaccines in the state, to the detriment of working-class areas. That reporting was overshadowed by “60 Minutesâ” coverage of DeSantisâ decision to partner with Publix to distribute vaccines in places like Palm Beach County, which has a large elderly population. Publix is the dominant supermarket chain in the state.
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