The video of the governor of Florida. Ron DeSantis
Governor Ron DeSantisIdaho expels ban on DeSantis ’mandatory“ vaccine passports, ”which becomes the first leader of 2024 in The Hill’s Morning Report. PolitiFact wrote Wednesday that “60 minutes” used in his Sunday work on the Florida vaccination launch could be considered deceptively edited.
“The ‘60 Minutes’ segment omitted some of the background on why Florida partnered with Publix to distribute coronavirus vaccines, ”PolitiFact said. Daniel Funke he wrote in an examination of the controversy. “This omission could constitute a ‘misleading edition,’ as some social media users have claimed.”
“60 Minutes” did not immediately respond to requests for comments from The Hill on the PolitiFact article.
The story, reported by CBS Sharyn Alfonsi, was a widespread critique of how coronavirus vaccines were distributed in Florida and highlighted the difficulty for some people in at least one low-income area to get the vaccine.
But the most talked about part of the segment was the allegation that donations from the Publix grocery store campaign influenced DeSantis ’decision to distribute the vaccines through the company’s pharmacies.
It was this specific statement and the “60 Minutes” video clip used by Alfonsi confronting DeSantis about his links to Publix, this has forced the show to defend the piece.
DeSantis and others, including Democratic Mayor of Palm Beach County Dave Kerner, said the allegations of favoritism are political disrepute and that “60 Minutes” purposely edited DeSantis’ detailed explanation of the decisions behind where and when the vaccines were distributed.
A “60 Minutes” spokesman said editing video for clarity is a common practice on the show and that the clip accurately reflects DeSantis’ response to Alfonsi’s specific question.
However, in the detailed detail of the story, PolitiFact said that “60 minutes” left out an important part of the DeSantis-Alfonsi interaction.
“DeSantis’ full response to Alfonsi’s questions took about three minutes, ”PolitiFact wrote. “While ‘60 Minutes’ focused on its emphatic denial, it set aside the background it offered on how the state had been working with other retail pharmacies to distribute coronavirus vaccines on the premises. of long-term care in December and their own interactions with Publix customers. “
Leaving that explanation out, the “60 Minutes” story can be described as a “misleading edition” according to a definition used by The Washington Post, PolitiFact said; “Edit large portions of a video and present it as a complete narrative” to “skew reality.”
PolitiFact ended the fact-finding by citing Al Tompkins, a media commentator and senior faculty member at the Poynter Institute, which owns PolitiFact.
“In the story, there was a direct line between the campaign contribution and the rewarding one,” Tompkins said. “It simply came to our notice then. I think they owe it to everyone – they owe it to the governor, they owe it to Publix, they owe it to the public – to tell us how they came to that conclusion. “
“While it turned out to be an interesting TV show, it wasn’t a complete truth,” he added.