60 Minutes Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Florida COVID-19 vaccine rollout=== In April 2021, Sharyn Alfonsi's story in ''60 Minutes'' on [[Florida Governor]] [[Ron DeSantis]] and the state's [[COVID-19]] vaccine rollout faced criticism for suggesting that a donation by the supermarket chain [[Publix]] to DeSantis' re-election campaign influenced Florida's partnership with Publix stores for [[vaccine]] distribution.<ref name="CNN backlash">{{Cite web|last=Darcy|first=Oliver|title='60 Minutes' faces backlash from Democrats and Publix for critical story on Florida's vaccine rollout|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/05/media/60-minutes-gov-ron-desantis-publix/index.html|access-date=2021-04-06|website=CNN|date=April 5, 2021 }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Morrow|first=Brendan|date=2021-04-05|title=Democratic mayor accuses 60 Minutes of airing 'intentionally false' story on Florida's vaccine rollout|url=https://news.yahoo.com/democratic-mayor-accuses-60-minutes-205225085.html|access-date=2021-04-06|website=Yahoo! News|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-05|title=Publix refutes '60 Minutes' story that questions Florida's COVID-19 vaccine distribution|url=https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/publix-refutes-60-minutes-story-that-questions-floridas-covid-19-vaccine-distribution|access-date=2021-04-06|website=WTXL|language=en}}</ref> Subsequently, [[Palm Beach County, Florida|Palm Beach County]] Mayor [[Dave Kerner]] accused ''60 Minutes'' of reporting "intentionally false" information,<ref name=":2" /> while Karol Markowicz of the New York Post characterized Alfonsi as coming off as a "political activist" in the segment.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-06|title=The media tried to smear Ron DeSantis. It backfired {{!}} Opinion|url=https://www.newsweek.com/media-tried-smear-ron-desantis-it-backfired-opinion-1581410|access-date=2021-04-07|website=Newsweek|language=en}}</ref> A spokesperson for ''60 Minutes'' defended the story for having included DeSantis' response to the accusation.<ref name="CNN backlash"/> [[PolitiFact]] stated that by omitting DeSantis' remarks on why the state partnered with Publix to distribute vaccines, the clip could be considered to be "deceptive editing".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/apr/07/unpacking-edits-60-minutes-report-ron-desantis-flo/|title = PolitiFact - Unpacking the edits in '60 Minutes' report on Ron DeSantis, Florida vaccines}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page