Editing 60 Minutes (section)

===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>