It’s been a banner week in the media, both mainstream and fringe when it comes to education in Florida under Gov. Ron DeSantis. A few days after her remarks in an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell read a statement on air saying that she used “imprecise” wording when she said that DeSantis didn’t want slavery and its aftermath taught to schoolchildren. Then the was TheGrio, which published a piece by David A. Love that kicked off saying that “people are now faced with the reality that in places like Florida, books that discuss Black history or even mention Black people are now illegal”.
“CBS This Morning” decided to wade into the quagmire Saturday morning with a couple of children’s book authors and illustrators on hand as experts. They seemed concerned that Lupita Nyong’o “Sulwe” was on DeSantis’ chopping block for featuring a black character.
.@CBSNews Suggests Florida May Ban Book For Simply A Having Black Character https://t.co/Mn3JtWy0iJ
— Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) February 25, 2023
Alex Christy reports for Newsbusters that host Michelle Miller had an “important footnote” to the story:
An important footnote to the story. “Sulwe” has been banned in some Florida schools and might be banned statewide under the Stop Woke Act. [Illustrator Vashti] Harrison says it’s disappointing and upsetting, but she will continue to work on stories with diverse characters. The fact that Sulwe, a character, trying to find her identity and be okay with it would be banned because she’s a black character, she just couldn’t believe it, but these are stories for everyone.
Christy adds:
Miller provided no evidence that a statewide ban is probable beyond simply asserting it. This is also the second Saturday in a row, CBS has had trouble with the state of books in Florida. News reports on “Sulwe” bans center on Duval County, which is the same county that saw a substitute teacher fired for spreading misinformation about the state of school libraries and the manufactured Roberto Clemente controversy that was ginned up by political activists trying to make a scene.
But we’ve been assured that it’s “illegal” to have books in school that even mention black people.
This is a blatant lie. Issue a correction.
— Christy Horakh (@christy_horakh) February 25, 2023
False.
— Vanessa Blakeslee (@vmblakeslee) February 25, 2023
@CBSNews This is a lie and needs correction
— Lily (@Flbullshark) February 25, 2023
It looks like CBS wants to join NBC on the misinformation shit list.
— dcnh (@dcnh42) February 25, 2023
More gaslighting from desperate liberals! 😂😂😂😂😂
— WhatEver🇺🇸 (@bitchyknight) February 25, 2023
She’s blatantly lying
— Peter Zabroski (@PZabroski) February 25, 2023
How dare you blatantly lie like that on air. I don’t know how you can look at yourself in the mirror knowing you are purposely lying to the American people. Shame on CBS too.
— Tim Brazill (@TimBrazill1) February 25, 2023
This a blatant lie by @CBSMMiller and @CBSNews is letting it slide. Why?
— Phibbs Jenkins 🐢 (@HumorAssured) February 25, 2023
This is a lie. Such foolishness.
— Kevin Curran (@KGCurran64) February 25, 2023
Every bit of this is FALSE.
— Secant Ogive (@SecantOgive) February 25, 2023
@CBS Is nothing more than left wing propaganda. This is just flat out lies to paint my governor as a racist because he’s a presidential threat to the democrats.
— Torb’s Girl 🇺🇸 (@TTLT74) February 25, 2023
If you think the lying and smears are bad now, just wait until the 2024 campaigns @CBSNews 🤡 #fakenews
— CSM Flynt (@Csmflynt3Jeff) February 25, 2023
Perhaps we’ll see Miller pop on for a second next Saturday morning to clarify that she was “imprecise” in her wording. DeSantis is fortunate to have a solid communications team around him who don’t put up with this.
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Related:
TheGrio: In ‘places like Florida’, books that even *mention* black people are now illegal https://t.co/P1QJsPjA5e
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 22, 2023
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