Leading media outlets and liberal experts are echoing the widely criticized “60 Minutes” report by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, R., gave the supermarket chain Publix preferable treatment to offer the coronavirus vaccine based on their donations to the PAC.
The “60 Minutes” report drew criticism from Democratic state officials and conservative members of the media, but the criticisms were ignored when covered by other media.
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Florida Emergency Management Division director Jared Moskowitz, who is a Democrat, used Twitter to detonate the idea that DeSantis gave Publix special access, calling it “absolute malarkey”.
Axios published a report, “Governor of Florida conflicts with ’60 Minutes’ over the launch of the COVID vaccine”, and cited “60 Minutes” without mentioning the massive reaction that the segment received or Moskowitz’s denial. The Drudge Report had a massive headline stating that DeSantis had been “accused of paying to play, for much of the Monday morning that was linked to Axios’ history.
“60 Minutes” was also accused of deceptively editing a heated discussion between one of its correspondents and Governor DeSantis, which did not include the governor’s complete response to a question about the alleged scheme.
The Hill reported that DeSantis “abruptly dropped” the report, but did not mention that “60 Minutes” was accused of deceptively editing the exchange to make the conversation fit his narrative. The Hill also did not mention Moskowitz’s denial.
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Business Insider also echoed the “60 Minutes” report without noticing Moskowitz’s reaction or denial, but managed to quote a county commissioner who called the implied speculation by CBS News “absolutely false and offensive”. The Huffington Post published a similar report without mentioning much of the criticism surrounding the “60 Minutes” segment.
CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, the younger brother of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, decided to join as well and tweeted the video “60 Minutes”, which was accused of stealth editing.
“We need to have a fair exchange with those in power,” Cuomo I wrote.
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MSNBC’s Joy Reid shared the same misleading clip and said it was “a good time” and that DeSantis “looked nervous”.
Publix called the notion that it received special access “absolutely false and offensive”.
“The irresponsible suggestion that there was a connection between campaign contributions made to Governor DeSantis and our willingness to partner with other pharmacies to support the state’s vaccine distribution efforts is absolutely false and offensive. We are proud of our pharmacy associates for administering more than 1.5 million doses of vaccine to date and to join other retailers in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia to do our part to help our communities emerge from the pandemic, “he said. a Publix spokesman to Fox News.