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SouthernDem4ever

(6,617 posts)
Sat Feb 25, 2023, 12:02 AM Feb 2023

DeSantis's office says he will boycott NBC, MSNBC over Andrea Mitchell question on Black history

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will boycott media appearances on NBC News and MSNBC shows, according to his press team, until one of the network’s star reporters apologizes for a question she posed about the governor’s education policies.

“There will be no consideration of anything related to NBC Universal or its affiliates until and at least Andrea Mitchell corrects the blatant lie she made about the governor,” DeSantis’s press secretary, Bryan Griffin, said in an email to the network that he posted on Twitter.

The “lie” that the DeSantis camp is protesting is a question Mitchell put to Vice President Harris last week, in which she asked: “What does Governor Ron DeSantis not know about Black history and the Black experience when he says that slavery and the aftermath of slavery should not be taught to Florida schoolchildren?”

Mitchell later said her questioning was “imprecise” but did not explicitly apologize. The Hill has reached out to NBC for further comment.


More at:

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3871445-desantiss-office-says-he-will-boycott-nbc-msnbc-over-andrea-mitchell-question-on-black-history/

If only we could get all the major networks to ignore that asshole.

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DeSantis's office says he will boycott NBC, MSNBC over Andrea Mitchell question on Black history (Original Post) SouthernDem4ever Feb 2023 OP
Ron Meatball, nobody cares. Meadowoak Feb 2023 #1
So how exactly does a governor boycott a network? PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2023 #2
AND????? live love laugh Feb 2023 #3
HAHAHA Skittles Feb 2023 #4
That's a great plan Ron. Both you sd trump stick with the Fux Youz. LakeArenal Feb 2023 #5
IMO, DeSantis would have found any arbitrary excuse to boycott no_hypocrisy Feb 2023 #6
Hey, DeSantis! What does it say about you... Paladin Feb 2023 #7
Adios DeShithead Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2023 #8
good republianmushroom Feb 2023 #9

no_hypocrisy

(46,104 posts)
6. IMO, DeSantis would have found any arbitrary excuse to boycott
Sat Feb 25, 2023, 07:47 AM
Feb 2023

NBC/MSNBC. 1) The shows are doing him no favors like FOX, and 2) It looks good to his supporters to be a "tough guy" like Trump. (Won't let the media distort his message, etc.)

Paladin

(28,257 posts)
7. Hey, DeSantis! What does it say about you...
Sat Feb 25, 2023, 09:59 AM
Feb 2023

...when even Andrea Mitchell can take you down?

Best DeSantis news I've seen in months...

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