Hi @jackshafer! FYI, you are wrong about the reason @GovRonDeSantis doesn’t talk to liberal media, including Politico. He isn’t worried about “negative press”; you’re always negative.
It’s just that he doesn’t care.
And he doesn’t want to give you clicks or ratings.
As a media reporter for Politico, I am sure @jackshafer understands why we wouldn’t “cooperate with the New Yorker”. @GovRonDeSantis giving them an interview would’ve allowed a liberal activist to break news, self promote, and make money off #DeSantisForClicks. We aren’t playing.
Sorry @jackshafer but no, we don’t need this. Media get MORE obsessive when we don’t talk to them.
Nobody trusts “mainstream” media anymore. Everyone uses social media.
Also, @GovRonDeSantis does press conferences and TV channels in FL live stream. Your gatekeeper days are over
Haha, they changed their headline
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The White House @PressSec & @McClatchyDC are both spreading disinformation. NOTHING has “reversed” or changed. The State of Florida is not placing any orders of covid shots for 0-5 year old babies & kids.
What they have couched as a reversal is actually the Governor’s steadfast position that the State of Florida does not recommend nor distribute shots for babies. Any healthcare provider that wants the vaccines can obtain them and any parent who wants it for their child can get it.
No state policy change in Florida. The only thing that’s changed was the federal government (FDA) issued the EUA for the shots today.
Obviously, there must be FDA approval or an EUA for the system to process orders from healthcare providers.
In addition to the obviously biased framing here, @washingtonpost AGAIN made a factual error that is easily checked. The FY 22-23 budget recently signed by @GovRonDeSantis is NOT $101.5 billion. It's easy to find the actual number. 30 seconds on Google. What are reporters for?
Also, @washingtonpost - Gov. DeSantis was asked on Friday why he vetoed the Rays facility funding, and he responded that taxpayers shouldn't be funding professional sports stadiums. This is his long-held position; any real fiscal conservative would say the same thing.
@washingtonpost Finally, it's odd editorializing to frame enforcement of the state law as a "threat." Florida has a law against vaccine passports. The Department of Health enforces this law, and DOH sent a letter to SOI informing them that their policy is unlawful & could therefore incur a fine.
I’m still blocked, so I can’t respond to Gregg’s tweets about me, but I stand by what I said. Gregg is notorious for constantly & vehemently attacking the Great Barrington Declaration & its signatories. The whole point of GBD was to oppose lockdowns. Hence, Gregg is pro-lockdown
Here’s a receipt, in case anyone is curious. Gregg thanks Francis Collins for attacking the GBD.
This insane article is in @sciam. The person who wrote it, without a hint of irony, is a *professor in public health* at the University of California-San Francisco. She does not know what a “normal distribution” in statistics is. I am no scientist but learned that in high school.
Here’s the full article archived, for those who can’t believe that it is real: archive.is/RiBtr
How many other influential “public health experts” — amplified by publications like Scientific American — are ignorant of basic, college freshman level statistics? Might this help explain the catastrophic Covid response?
Since when does a powerful elected official, who is credibly accused of sexual harassment and abuse of power, get "space and privacy" from the Florida political media?
Oh, since he's a Democrat
And the Florida political media is the Democratic Party comms shop
I will reiterate my appreciation for @TDOnline for actually doing their job and reporting on a story that is absolutely newsworthy for the people of Tallahassee and Florida as a whole. If the rep was a Republican I'd say the same thing, the evidence is what it is.
Florida Democrats always lose and will lose worse than ever in 2022. Mostly because Florida has the best governor and leadership. But also because most Florida political journalists have coddled Democrats & refused to hold them accountable for anything for years, making Dems weak
Just from the past week:
- Florida’s presumptive Dem AG nominee was at an abortion rally with Satanists & a Dem state legislator
- Florida’s incoming Dem house leader was credibly accused of sexual harassment & abuse of power
If I were a sane and thoughtful Florida Democrat voter I would be absolutely livid at the Florida Democrat establishment & our state’s political media for enabling their corruption and incompetence. They have helped turn this state red almost as much as our Governor has.