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8 incidents recorded for ‘desantis’

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Florida broadcasters threatened with criminal charges by state agency

Incident Details

Updated On: November 6, 2024
Date of Incident: October 3, 2024
Location: Multiple, Florida
Targets: Media, WCJB-TV, WFLA-TV, WINK-TV

Chilling Statement

Media barred from identifying officer working DeSantis security

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 30, 2023
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Grant Stern (Occupy Democrats), Media

Status of Prior Restraint →: Pending
Mistakenly Released Materials? →: No

Two Occupy Democrats journalists barred from DeSantis press conference

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 22, 2022
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Grant Stern (Occupy Democrats), Thomas Kennedy (Occupy Democrats)

Government agency or public official involved →: State government: Governor
Type of denial →: Government event

Two Occupy Democrats journalists removed from press conference with Florida governor

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 12, 2022
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Grant Stern (Occupy Democrats), Thomas Kennedy (Occupy Democrats)

Government agency or public official involved →: State government: Governor
Type of denial →: Government event

Twitter account of Fla. governor’s press secretary suspended for ‘abusive behavior’ against an AP reporter

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 20, 2021
Location: Tallahassee, Florida
Targets: Brendan Farrington (The Associated Press)

Chilling Statement

Journalist at advocacy news organization dragged from press conference

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 5, 2021
Location: Hialeah Gardens, Florida
Targets: Grant Stern (Occupy Democrats)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: Legislature

State government: Governor
Type of denial →: Government event

Equipment Broken →: Cellphone, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Florida journalists barred from covering Gov. DeSantis signing of controversial new election law

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 6, 2021
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Targets: Danielle Waugh DeRos (WPEC), Madeline Montgomery (WPEC), Steve Bousquet (South Florida Sun Sentinel), Anthony Man (South Florida Sun Sentinel), Glenna Milberg (WPLG), Matt Sczesny (WPTV-TV), Linnie Supall (WPTV-TV)

Government agency or public official involved →: State government: Governor
Type of denial →: Government event

Florida journalist barred from governor’s COVID-19 briefing

Incident Details

Date of Incident: March 28, 2020
Location: Tallahassee, Florida
Targets: Mary Ellen Klas (Miami Herald)

Government agency or public official involved →: State government: Governor
Type of denial →: Government event