{"id":675756,"date":"2021-08-23T13:20:52","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T17:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=675756"},"modified":"2021-08-23T13:20:55","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T17:20:55","slug":"your-false-narrative-will-cost-lives-desantis-fires-back-at-ap-for-partisan-smear-piece-about-promotion-of-covid-19-drug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/your-false-narrative-will-cost-lives-desantis-fires-back-at-ap-for-partisan-smear-piece-about-promotion-of-covid-19-drug\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Your False Narrative Will Cost Lives\u2019: DeSantis Fires Back At AP For \u2018Partisan Smear Piece\u2019 About Promotion Of COVID-19 Drug"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fyour-false-narrative-will-cost-lives-desantis-fires-back-at-ap-for-partisan-smear-piece-about-promotion-of-covid-19-drug%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=675756&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1328546873-scaled-e1627073119839.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"46.917294581988\">\n<p>Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida issued a scathing letter to The Associated Press on Monday in response to a story they did Aug. 18 that was criticized by his supporters as a hit piece.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/18\/ron-desantis-ap-hit-piece-regeneron\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a> was headlined, \u201cDeSantis top donor invests in COVID drug governor promotes\u201d and attempted to imply that DeSantis\u2019 recent promotion of a COVID-19 drug from Regeneron was due to the fact that the CEO of a hedge fund that owns shares in the company was a major donor to a political committee that supports the governor.<\/p>\n<p>A series of tweets from the governor\u2019s press secretary Christina Pushaw criticizing the story led the AP to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TroyKinsey\/status\/1428772303454801928?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">send<\/a> a letter to DeSantis\u2019 office accusing her of a \u201cdirect effort to activate an online mob to attack\u201d their reporter, as well as calling on him to \u201celiminate this attack strategy from your press office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI assumed your letter was to notify me that you were issuing a retraction of the smear piece you published last week,\u201d DeSantis began in his Monday letter responding to the AP. \u201cInstead, you had the temerity to complain about the deserved blowback that your botched and discredited attempt to concoct a political narrative has received. This ploy will not work to divert attention from the fact that the Associated Press published a false narrative that will lead some to decline effective treatment for COVID infections.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.2727272727273\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Oh man \u2014 DeSantis fires back hard at the Associated Press over this ridiculous story (<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VC7Ramxpnu\">https:\/\/t.co\/VC7Ramxpnu<\/a>) &amp; AP\u2019s subsequent formal complaint about \u201charassment\u201d after DeSantis\u2019 team pushed back aggressively (<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yFjsAsqiOF\">https:\/\/t.co\/yFjsAsqiOF<\/a>): <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xSgsmMdjqy\">pic.twitter.com\/xSgsmMdjqy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Guy Benson (@guypbenson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guypbenson\/status\/1429825055102578689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThat the AP has received vigorous pushback is something that should be expected given the brazenness of your political attack and the fact that your false narrative will cost lives,\u201d DeSantis went on to say. \u201cYou cannot recklessly smear your political opponents and then expect to be immune from criticism.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/18\/ron-desantis-ap-hit-piece-regeneron\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018Irresponsible Mockery Of Journalism\u2019: DeSantis Team Fires Back At AP \u2018Hit Piece\u2019 On Governor\u2019s Promotion Of COVID-19 Drug)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI stand by the work of my staff who went out of their way to provide the AP with the factual information necessary to dispel the AP\u2019s preferred narrative. That their response was effective in exposing the AP\u2019s partisan agenda represented a valuable public service, as it reassured many that the Regeneron monoclonal treatment is effective.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou succeeded in publishing a misleading clickbait headline about one of your political opponents, but at the expense of deterring individuals infected with COVID from seeking life-saving treatment, which will cost lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas it worth it?,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/05\/60-minutes-hit-job-ron-desantis-publix-vaccine-distribution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DeSantis<\/a> concluded.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Gov. 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