A controversy has erupted over a report by the Palm Beach Post, which inaccurately claimed that the Florida government, under Governor Ron DeSantis, spent $577 million on an 'anti-immigrant' online dashboard designed to track the costs of undocumented immigrants' hospital visits. In reality, the dashboard's cost was only $5,000. The erroneous report led to a significant backlash, with Governor DeSantis and his administration criticizing the newspaper for spreading misinformation. DeSantis, in a press conference in Broward County, called out the Palm Beach Post, urging them to admit their mistake. This incident has sparked a wider debate on media accuracy and the portrayal of immigration issues.
You Don't Despise Journalists Enough: Palm Beach Post Reporter Lies About Florida's Data Dashboard https://t.co/ck1k7MUkB0
The initial Florida state report showing uncompensated healthcare costs are not attributed to undocumented people is now available. Report even states that “uncompensated care has declined for much of the last decade.” The state tried to hide this data. https://t.co/L12zUEHj61 https://t.co/MxmRsN2v9j https://t.co/NBOOpFuL1H
'Just Admit It': Ron DeSantis Nukes Florida Paper After Stealth Edit in Healthcare Dashboard Hit Piece https://t.co/m3XIwvD8rO
Opinion | DeSantis blamed undocumented immigrants for health care costs. But hospital data says no. https://t.co/rGyEd01NRp
"Just admit you got it wrong." DeSantis calls out the Palm Beach Post. https://t.co/Mh7oJukr9N
WATCH: DeSantis scathes false claim from Palm Beach Post, which has since been "stealth edited," claiming a $5,000 online dashboard publishing data on illegal alien hospital admissions costed half-a-billion dollars "Just admit you got it wrong!" https://t.co/fWQ7lmgYdk
.@GovRonDeSantis responds to shoddy @pbpost journalism: "Shows why credibility is so low in some of these [news] enterprises... If you got it wrong, just admit you got it wrong." Paging @FranklyFlorida https://t.co/YdytfypjOh https://t.co/hH1PZUswD0
JUST NOW: Governor DeSantis, at a press conference in Broward County, slams @pbpost for publishing a dishonest smear about Florida’s dashboard measuring the costs of illegal immigration 🔥
Reporter falsely asserts DeSantis spent $577 million on ‘anti-immigrant’ dashboard https://t.co/WAxnKEZLs2
NEW: DeSantis admin fires back after Palm Beach Post writer makes fallacious claim Florida has spent over half-a-billion dollars on an "anti-immigrant" dashboard The cost was actually only $5,000, and it tracks illegal alien hospital visits https://t.co/GOxFVvqicd
What an embarrassing mistake. @FranklyFlorida claimed that Florida's data dashboard cost taxpayers more than the $566 million spent on uncompensated hospital visits from undocumented immigrants that it recorded. Except it turns out that he confused the cost of the dashboard as… https://t.co/XHyLbaV9Bv
Column: #Florida @GovRonDeSantis blames undocumented immigrants for healthcare costs. Actually, his rural supporters cost Florida more. https://t.co/mpgUpkrNDe via @FranklyFlorida
Florida media malpractice, example #27648: @pbpost journalist asserts that Gov. DeSantis somehow spent $577 MILLION to create an "anti-immigrant" (?) online dashboard to measure the burden that illegal immigration imposes on taxpaying citizens. In reality, the dashboard cost… https://t.co/E5BE0vvL7g
DeSantis blamed undocumented immigrants for healthcare costs. His report cost taxpayers more. https://t.co/HVhHtkEIeG