Did a Florida school district send permission slips to teach kids Black history? Here are the facts The incident appears to have arisen out of confusion over the Parental Rights in Education law, signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2022 February 19, 2024 Samantha Putterman
Opinion | And then there were 2 — media coverage of Ron DeSantis dropping out of the presidential race You knew something was up Saturday evening when DeSantis canceled his interviews on the Sunday shows. January 22, 2024 Tom Jones
DeSantis ended his 2024 presidential campaign quoting Winston Churchill on something he did not say DeSantis said Churchill said, ‘Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.’ Churchill never said that. January 22, 2024 Maria Ramirez Uribe
PolitiFact on the road: The claims Ron DeSantis repeated during his CNN town hall in New Hampshire PolitiFact is hitting the road this week in the lead up to the New Hampshire primary, which takes place Jan. 23. January 17, 2024 Ellen Hine
Opinion | Ron DeSantis’ heel turn now criticizes conservative media DeSantis, down in the polls, lashed out at conservative news outlets for not holding GOP frontrunner Donald Trump to account. January 16, 2024 Tom Jones
Hannity said he’d leave his beliefs out of the DeSantis-Newsom debate. His charts hinted otherwise. Hannity showed at least 20 graphics, with most of them painting California, blue states and Democrats’ leadership in a negative light. December 4, 2023 Madison Czopek
Fact-checking the Newsom-DeSantis debate: Immigration, abortion, book bans and a poop map The governors cherry-picked favorable data and talked over each other as moderator Sean Hannity flipped through topics. December 1, 2023 Louis Jacobson
How a deepfake video of Ron DeSantis dropping out of the presidential race went viral Inconsistencies in the video signal it was manipulated, including lack of breathing sounds as he spoke; blurry teeth; and out-of-sync audio and video. September 8, 2023 Loreben Tuquero
Opinion | What did Ron DeSantis actually say about the 2020 presidential election? “Of course he lost,” the candidate says of Donald Trump in an NBC News interview. Then he seems to question how the election was run. August 8, 2023 Tom Jones
A pro-Ron DeSantis ad used AI to recreate Donald Trump’s voice. Experts say it won’t be the last. The Never Back Down PAC took Trump’s words and used artificial intelligence to create audio of a Trump-like voice reading them. July 20, 2023 Louis Jacobson
Florida is at the center of Republican politics. Here’s what the state’s reporters want you to know. The political campaign for president is more intense than some seasoned Florida reporters have seen — even without Trump's legal challenges. July 19, 2023 Amaris Castillo
Opinion | CNN’s Jake Tapper interviewed Ron DeSantis. How did it go? If you were waiting for the moment DeSantis came out swinging at Donald Trump, it didn’t happen. July 19, 2023 Tom Jones
What a video shared by the DeSantis campaign omits about Trump’s LGBTQ+ rights record The video paints Trump as a champion of LGBTQ+ rights. In reality, Trump took several actions as president that LGBTQ+ rights advocates oppose. July 11, 2023 Amy Sherman
If elected president, could Ron DeSantis end birthright citizenship? If so, how? Legal experts say that anything short of a constitutional amendment seeking to end birthright citizenship would prompt a major court battle. June 30, 2023 Louis Jacobson
Opinion | Leftovers from the Twitter mess and other links for your weekend There’s plenty more to say about Ron DeSantis’ messy presidential announcement and Elon Musk’s $44 billion busted toy. May 26, 2023 Tom Jones
