The CBS News program deceptively edited footage to peddle a false pay-to-play scandal against the Republican governor.
Why anyone still takes CBS’s “news” show “60 Minutes” seriously after its long history of blatantly deceptive promulgation of demonstrably false narratives is anybody’s guess. That “60 Minutes” 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 “60 Minutes” story is nothing other than an anti-DeSantis hit piece aimed at smearing the governor’s impressive and successful leadership in handling the ChiCom Virus pandemic and specifically vaccine distribution. CBS’s Sharyn Alfonsi, who covered the segment, claims that DeSantis engaged in “pay-to-play” schemes for COVID vaccine distribution that favored white and affluent areas.
None of the allegations are true, and DeSantis throughly debunks them when questioned by Alfonsi during a press conference.
“Publix, as you know, donated $100,000 to your campaign, and then you reward them with exclusive rights to vaccination in Palm Beach,” Alfonsi asserts. DeSantis explained, “You had the counties, you had some drive-thru sites, you had hospitals that were doing a lot, but we wanted to get it into communities more. So we reached out to other retail pharmacies: Publix, Walmart, obviously CVS and Walgreens had to finish that mission, and we said we’re going to use you as soon as you’re done with that.” However, rather than showing DeSantis’s full response, CBS deceptively edited out the majority and most significant portions of his answer, and then continued parroting its demonstrably false narrative. Joseph Goebbels would be proud.
In fact, so blatantly misleading and downright false was the “60 Minutes” “reporting” that a local Democrat official, Jared Moskowitz — who happens to be the director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management and no friend of DeSantis — blasted it as “absolute malarkey.”
I have said this over and over – IF a “NEWS” media gets caught making anything up — changing photos, showing anything that portrays things wrong they should be fined millions on the first offense and license removed on the second. They are not above the law and should not hide behind 1st amendment when they want to abolish 2nd amendment
They should be sued for slander and then be forced to make a public apology as well!
Norah O’Donnell is still hot!
2:11 Lmao apparently beauty is in the eye of the beholder?? cause that lying bitch is ugly on the inside and out.
I recently moved permanently to Florida after residing in Maryland for 65 years, and I am very glad we made the move. Not only is the weather much better here but the political climate is better. Governor Ron DeSantis is probably the best governor in the country and a very viable presidential candidate in the future. I was the recipient of the Covid-19 vaccination at Publix and I waited my turn to get onto their website to schedule an appointment audit was not because of white privilege. Anyone who is familiar with Florida knows there are Publix grocery stories all over the state and it would be very easy to distribute the vaccine through them. If 60 Minutes can not report the facts that I believe we should watch something else on Sunday evenings.
Take this story from 60 minutes for what it’s worth. This story is coming from the same source that told us that it would be a major catastrophe at the turn of the century. Remember that? The power grid was going to fail, hospitals would be shut down due to power loss, bank records would be lost etc? Unfortunately, 60 minutes is a joke as a news show. Ratings are more important to them than the truth.