Good article about how mainstream media enables DeSantis.
https://presswatchers.org/2022/08/c...ows-the-media-has-learned-nothing-from-trump/
The media has also been suckers for DeSantis’s staged events. For instance, when he announced that his new police force had filed criminal voter-fraud charges against a tiny smattering of ex-cons, most reporters wrote it straight.
The real story, however, was how few people his police force found, who they targeted, and most importantly how, as the Miami Herald editorial board explained, the event was “actually about voter intimidation on the eve of an election.”
Even the coverage of DeSantis’s signature piece of fascist legislation is often muted. A recent AP story, for instance, simply reported that DeSantis “signed into law new guidelines Friday involving race-based discussions in businesses and schools as part of his campaign against critical race theory, which he called ‘pernicious’ ideology.”
No.
The law effectively bans open discussion in schools or private businesses of slavery, segregation, lynchings, and modern-day racism as a byproduct of racist conspiracy theories. It constitutes viewpoint-based restriction on private speech, which very clearly violates the First Amendment. And reporters should say so.