{"id":1348,"date":"2023-02-16T10:18:01","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T15:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1348"},"modified":"2023-02-16T10:18:02","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T15:18:02","slug":"desantis-office-calls-out-local-reporter-caught-on-hot-mic-saying-her-job-is-to-make-governor-uncomfortable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1348","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis\u2019 Office Calls Out Local Reporter Caught on Hot Mic Saying Her Job Is To Make Governor \u2018Uncomfortable\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-48.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-1349\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-48.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-48.png 750w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-48-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-48-293x154.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-48-390x205.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A hot mic caught a Florida reporter acknowledging what conservatives have claimed \u2014 left-leaning reporters are often more activist than journalists.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday, a rolling camera caught a conversation by First Coast News reporter Atyia Collins at an event in Jacksonville, Florida. During the conversation, Collins noted her job as a reporter was to make Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) \u201cuncomfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For reference, this is the journactivist today: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A6J0cRIil6\">pic.twitter.com\/A6J0cRIil6<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Christina Pushaw \ud83d\udc0a \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@ChristinaPushaw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristinaPushaw\/status\/1625548903713062914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Collins said: \u201cMy job is to ask the tough questions and make him uncomfortable, I guess.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later in the conversation, Collins noted how her website manager recommended that she \u201cjust run up to [DeSantis]\u201d as he leaves the stage and \u201cjust yell questions at him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Collins questioned the effectiveness of the recommendation, saying, \u201cHe already doesn\u2019t like the media.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DeSantis rapid response director\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/desantis-aide-christina-pushaw-touts-blocking-access-liberal-media-activists\" target=\"_blank\">Christina Pushaw<\/a>\u00a0called out the \u201cjournactivist\u201d on Twitter.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Only a media activist who lives in a liberal echo chamber would think this is a \u201ctough question.\u201d Gov. DeSantis has heard all kinds of false narratives and smears before and always swiftly debunks them. Journalists &#8211; trying to become the story only lowers trust in your profession <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qvf0bcZiXf\">https:\/\/t.co\/Qvf0bcZiXf<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Christina Pushaw \ud83d\udc0a \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@ChristinaPushaw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristinaPushaw\/status\/1625573124841299968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>First Coast News did not immediately respond to Fox News\u2019 requests for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many Twitter users sided with DeSantis, rebuking Collins for her comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Atyia_Collins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Atyia_Collins<\/a> Your job is to cover the News honestly, not be intrusive or part of it.. btw: never try to match wits and intelligence with someone of higher caliber like the Great <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GovRonDeSantis<\/a>, he has bigger fish to fry.. You just made <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCN2go?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FCN2go<\/a> look stupid!<br>CC: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristinaPushaw?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChristinaPushaw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OAAkYHLrXQ\">pic.twitter.com\/OAAkYHLrXQ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; mobilemarkhtc (@mobilemarkhtc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mobilemarkhtc\/status\/1625877093861974016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During the event, as DeSantis took questions from reporters, Collins accused the governor of implementing policies that \u201cemptied\u201d school bookshelves in Duval County. His administration\u2019s guidelines banning pornographic material from elementary school libraries evidently prompted her claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Collins alluded to a viral video posted last month that the governor quickly dismissed as part of a \u201cfake narrative.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DeSantis responded to Collins\u2019 question by saying: \u201cThis is trying to create some narrative as if that \u2014 they hadn\u2019t even put the books out yet to begin with, so there\u2019s no need for all of that stuff. What they\u2019re trying to do is they\u2019re trying to act like somehow, you know, we don\u2019t want books.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DeSantis has been a target of left-leaning media leaders since pushing back against CRT, transgender\/gender-affirming\/pornographic literature, and curriculum slated to be introduced in elementary schools.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, \u201cThe View\u2019s\u201d Alyssa Farah Griffin criticized DeSantis, accusing him of \u201cerasing\u201d the study of black history in schools.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Farah Griffin later retracted the false claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Alyssa Farah Griffin admits she lied about DeSantis, lack of apology sparks Twitter dogpile <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CwqlngC34k\">https:\/\/t.co\/CwqlngC34k<\/a><\/p>&mdash; DeSantis Feed (@DeSantisFeed) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeSantisFeed\/status\/1624446430600388608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/resistthemainstream.com\/desantis-team-puts-journactivist-on-full-blast-for-hot-mic-comment\/\">https:\/\/resistthemainstream.com\/desantis-team-puts-journactivist-on-full-blast-for-hot-mic-comment\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A hot mic caught a Florida reporter acknowledging what conservatives have claimed \u2014 left-leaning reporters are often more activist than journalists.&nbsp;&nbsp; On Tuesday, a rolling camera caught a conversation by First Coast News reporter Atyia Collins at an event in Jacksonville, Florida. During the conversation, Collins noted her job as a reporter was to make Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) \u201cuncomfortable.\u201d Collins said: \u201cMy job is to ask the tough questions and make him uncomfortable, I guess.\u201d&nbsp; Later in the conversation, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1348"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1350,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1348\/revisions\/1350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}