Ron DeSantis

Florida’s Republican governor and potential 2024 presidential candidate Ron DeSantis remains Public Enemy No. 1 at the New York Times. On Saturday, education reporter Sarah Mervosh wrote an agitated response to the state’s new laws regarding teaching gender-identity and race theory in early grades: “In DeSantis’s Florida, Teachers Navigate Curriculum Restrictions.” 

Google-owned YouTube quietly changed its COVID-19 medical misinformation policies on masking, social distancing and COVID-19 vaccines, and social media users definitely took notice.

MSNBC’s Katie Phang was one of several blue checks who fell for a hoax about Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Sunday but, instead of apologizing for that on her Saturday show, she blamed DeSantis’s “dangerous statements” for creating a dangerous environment. Together with Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, the duo would also condemn Democratic gubernatorial nominee Charlie Crist for being too…

Charlie Crist used to be a Republican. Then he became an independent. Later he was a Democrat. Now, the protean politician appears to be portraying himself as the candidate of the Party of God! Can Charlie Crist possibly believe that he is God's chosen candidate? Or is his current flaunting of religiosity just the latest cynical change of colors by the ultimate political chameleon?

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On this edition of the NewsBusters Podcast, Managing Editor Curtis Houck and I breakdown a new NewsBusters study of the media’s silence about how Census Bureau errors largely hurt red state representation. We also look at Snopes playing word games with misleading “fact checks” about lies against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) and more on Brian Stelter leaving CNN.

In an editorial for Tuesday’s print edition, The Washington Post screeched over an announcement last week from Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) that, as per a release from his office, 20 people were arrested for having “[broken] Florida’s elections laws” despite having been banned from voting for having been convicted of either murder or sex crimes. The Post’s argument? Such a…

On Sunday, an anonymous Twitter user by the name of “Freesus Patriot™” posted an image on Twitter purporting to show a list of banned books in Florida and the intrepid fact checkers and guardians of misinformation at Snopes labeled it satire.

The New York Times skipped around the map to cover three state governor’s races, showing clear bias against a potential Republican presidential contender, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and Trumpite Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano. Meanwhile, the Times fawned over a liberal Texas long-shot Beto O’Rourke once again. In “DeSantis, Thinking of 2024 Election, Reaches Out…

Alex Wagner concluded her first week as MSNBC’s newest primetime host on Friday by alleging that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and others seeking to use public schools to promote “Christian nationalism” at the expense of real history and civics.

A district court judge temporarily blocked portions of Florida’s Individual Freedom Act—also known as the Stop WOKE Act—related to private businesses on Thursday on the grounds they violated the First Amendment. CNN’s Don Lemon and Bakari Sellers used the ruling and latter’s Thursday show to argue that the education portions of the bill show that Gov. Ron DeSantis is an anti-intellectual who…

On Wednesday night’s The 11th Hour on MSNBC, host Stephanie Ruhle proved that she hates conservatives who want to prevent the ideological and sexual indoctrination of children so much that she allowed one of her guests to compare their efforts to that of book burnings in Nazi Germany. 

If there was any doubt left that CNN commentator S.E. Cupp is now a full-blown leftist, the following should remove all doubt. On Monday night’s CNN Tonight during the panel discussion, S.E. Cupp went ballistic over Republican governors wanting to keep public school children safe from “LGBTQ” indoctrination and grooming from their teachers. 

MSNBC’s Ali Velshi was not happy with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s latest decision to remove the ability to use Medicaid to pay for gender dysphoria treatment. Velshi alleged on his Saturday show that move is on the level of not providing "gender-affirming care" to minors and the “Don’t Say Gay bill.”

Morning Joe tried to get viewers’ tears flowing for democracy on Tuesday by bringing on Florida state attorney, Democrat, and lefty-caterer Andrew Warren. Warren was recently suspended by Governor Ron DeSantis for refusing “to enforce Florida's 15-week ban on abortion and gender-affirming care.” Warren’s response? Acting like a free speech martyr and calling DeSantis a “wannabe…