On Friday, 60 Minutes faced criticism over its report on Florida’s COVID vaccine rollout when it released a clip of reporter Sharyn Alfonsi confronting Gov. Ron DeSantis. People claimed the program misleadingly edited the exchange.
Did CBS listen to the criticisms? No. The full report came out on Sunday with the midleadingly edited clip. Publix and Democrat Jared Moskowitz, Director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, slammed 60 Minutes due to the fake news in the report and interview.
60 Minutes claimed DeSantis engaged in a “pay for play” scheme with Publix, a huge grocery store chain in Florida. It has over 800 locations in the state. Alfonsi claimed DeSantis gave Publix a contract to distribute vaccines for a $100,000 donation.
DeSantis shot down Alfonsi’s claims. He explained that Palm Beach County is the third-largest county in Florida with a large elderly population. It had nothing to do with giving vaccines to the wealthy. It had everything to do with giving vaccines to the most vulnerable. Here is the full clip:
Alfonsi continued her narrative in her report despite people, including Democrats, shoving facts in her face. Moskowitz shut down false claims about DeSantis and Publix in early March.
Publix said: “The irresponsible suggestion that there was a connection between campaign contributions made to Governor DeSantis and our willingness to join other pharmacies in support of 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 for joining other retailers in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia to do our part to help our communities emerge from the pandemic.”
No one will listen. They are determined to expose a non-existent scandal in Florida while Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo faces numerous scandals. DeSantis did what he could to save elderly residents. Cuomo’s policies led to unnecessary elderly deaths.
Interesting that 60 Minutes “forgot” to mention that Publix gave $100,000 to Democrats as well.
These people want a scandal in Florida. They know DeSantis will lead the charge in 2024.
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