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The Wall Street Journal editorial board slammed the media on Friday for lending credibility to former state health department employee Rebekah Jones, who claimed that she was fired for refusing to alter COVID-19 data in Florida.
Jones claimed in 2020 that she was fired from her position in the health department for not caving to pressure to manipulate COVID-19 figures. An investigation by Inspector General Michael J. Bennett found her claims untrue based on the evidence.
"Based upon an analysis of the available evidence, the alleged conduct, as described by the complainant, did not occur," Bennett's report said. The governor's office said she was let go for "insubordination."
"A frequent phenomenon of our times is the flurry over an alleged scandal that on examination turns out to be false," the editorial board authors wrote. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, R., was consistently criticized by the left during the COVID-19 pandemic for refusing to impose restrictions in his state.
The editorial board noted multiple headlines from media outlets that ran with the whistleblower's allegations, including NPR, who wrote, "Florida Dismisses A Scientist For Her Refusal To Manipulate State’s Coronavirus Data," at the time.
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