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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is probably running for president in 2024 and he has consistently bucked the narrative on COVID-19 restrictions, which has made him the number one target of the liberal media. But a hit piece on DeSantis attempted by CBS’s
60 Minutes went awry when the network was caught selectively editing its interview with the governor, as well as leaving out vital information from its report.
DeSantis has won grudging praise from the media for how Florida responded to the pandemic. Florida’s death toll is lower per capita than New York’s while DeSantis has been able to keep the economy from collapsing by limiting lockdowns and easing restrictions in a timely, sensible manner.
CBS News omits mentioning 60 Minutes report on DeSantis after network hit with accusations of manufacturing scandal Emma Colton
CBS News did not cite its
60 Minutes reporting on Gov. Ron DeSantis Monday after people across the political spectrum slammed it as a manufactured hit piece on the Florida Republican.
The
CBS This Morning and the
CBS Evening News broadcasts from Monday show the DeSantis report on his vaccine rollout was not discussed, Fox News reported.
A CBS spokesperson did not immediately respond to the Washington Examiner s request for comment on the matter.
The move comes after 60 Minutes was accused of selectively editing an interview with DeSantis and manufacturing a “pay to play” scandal involving vaccine distribution in Florida.
Sunday s episode of the once-venerable CBS News program revealed that weeks before Publix landed the lucrative contract, the chain donated $100,000 to DeSantis PAC.
Palm Beach County official demands apology from 60 Minutes for one-sided COVID-19 report
Report accuses Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis of favoring Publix, wealthy communities during vaccine rollout
Vice Mayor Robert Weinroth talks 60 Minutes report
and last updated 2021-04-06 15:32:24-04
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. â A top Palm Beach County official on Tuesday demanded that 60 Minutes apologize for a scathing report that
The
13-minute report,which aired Sunday night on CBS, claimed that Publix donated $100,000 to DeSantis reelection campaign shortly before the grocery store chain was chosen as the primary distributor of the coronavirus vaccine in Palm Beach County. I m not gonna say [the report] was intentionally false, but it intentionally left half the story off the table, Vice Mayor Robert Weinroth said at Tuesday s county commission meeting. I think that the article and the way that CBS dealt with this county was unfair, and I think they owe this county an apology, an
By Brian Mudd
Top Three Takeaways – April 6th, 2021
Nothing new. In the 60Minutes hit piece on Governor DeSantis. Just the introduction to a national audience of the previously debunked claims of impropriety regarding Florida’s vaccine rollout. Notably, if you’re familiar with Palm Beach County politics, you’re aware that featured sources included a who’s who of those who are more interested in political ambitions than solutions. This includes Melissa McKinlay who has been more interested in opposing Governor DeSantis’s policy in Commission meetings than listening to Palm Beach County’s Health Director in those meetings. Or Omari Hardi who literally called national news outlets to publicize in advance a scene he’d staged at the Lake Worth Beach City Commission meeting with mayor Pam Triolo. In Fact, the reporting was so demonstrably false Palm Beach County Mayor Dave Kerner put out a statement saying this: