60 Minutes pushed an utterly false assertion the Governor DeSantis favored Publix giving out COVID vaccines in a pay-for-play.
Campaign finance reports obtained by 60 Minutes show that weeks before Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced a partnership with Publix grocery stores to distribute the vaccine in its pharmacies, Publix donated $100,000 to his PAC. https://t.co/bS3ZBeET1W pic.twitter.com/BSUlpVbXSP
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) April 4, 2021
That is a lie.
@60Minutes I said this before and I’ll say it again. @Publix was recommended by @FLSERT and @HealthyFla as the other pharmacies were not ready to start. Period! Full Stop! No one from the Governors office suggested Publix. It’s just absolute malarkey. https://t.co/obkqYcbrzt
— Jared Moskowitz (@JaredEMoskowitz) April 4, 2021
Back during the Civil Rights Movement, souther Democrat politicians would sue northern newspapers that exposed their ties to the Klan for libel.
The Supreme Court decided that the press needed protection so made the standard for suing them by a public person very high.
Now the media had abused that to push absolute partisan lies and mendacity because they know it’s almost impossible for a politician to sue them and win. Especially when they mix journalism and opinion so freely.
Conservatives need to start suing the media over every lie, omission of context, and deceptive edit until one of these cases makes it all the way to the Supreme Court and precedent can be reversed.
It should be that if 60 Minutes accuses a Governor of pay-for-play then deceptively edits the interview and hides exculpatory evidence they should be sued into absolute bankruptcy.
The media is too bold with their partisanship, dishonesty, and influence to be allowed to continue like this.
They are just following Biden’s example.
Biden’s persona is “nice guy”. The real Biden, however, is nothing of the sort. Malicious lies are his stock in trade, over and over again.
Anyone who has any knowledge of Florida knows Publix is as common as Starbucks; their being involved in vaccine distribution when Wal-Mart, Kroger, CVS, and Walgreens are involved elsewhere is a no-brainer.