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The “Florida COVID-19
Whistleblower” Saga
Is a Big Lie.

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Posted By: mrdj, 2/4/2021 1:43:47 PM

At first glance, the story of Rebekah Jones—a brave “COVID-19 scientist” standing up to a corrupt right-wing machine—looks like a bombshell. When the Florida Department of Health (DoH) fired her last May, Jones claimed she had been terminated for refusing to falsify case numbers to support Governor Ron DeSantis’ plans to reopen the economy. Overnight, she became a heroine. She launched her own COVID-19 dashboard, raised half a million dollars, and gathered a Twitter army of 378,000.

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This is investigative journalism

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Hermoine 2/4/2021 2:18:47 PM (No. 684873)
Not only do I hope they throw the book at her, but I hope she gets the #$@&! sued out of her in civil court and all those "GoFundMe" dollars go to her victims, like Dr. Roberson.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: IowaDad 2/4/2021 2:31:50 PM (No. 684883)
Yes, and honest piece of valuable real journalism! But one error: "What distinguishes “whistleblowers” from “disgruntled ex-employees” is credibility" is not correct. A whistleblower gets special protection when reporting an allegation to a relevant government authority, not to a gullible media.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: BeatleJeff 2/4/2021 2:59:43 PM (No. 684920)
Gee, sounds like a younger version of "Dr" Jill Biden with a healthy dose of AOC thrown in for good measure.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: LeeBertie 2/4/2021 3:08:24 PM (No. 684924)
Character assassination Conspiracy theories Unproven allegations Russian collusion Political hack job Threats of violence Blaming the victim Police intimidation Yada, yada, yada Blah, blah, blah
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Reply 5 - Posted by: wangbuster 2/4/2021 3:44:35 PM (No. 684947)
Her data reminds me of Dr. Joke's.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Highlander 2/4/2021 4:32:11 PM (No. 684982)
What a lying, vile human being. She’s a full-blown sociopath that pushes all the right buttons for media consumption.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: DVC 2/4/2021 4:52:05 PM (No. 685000)
Good news. Predictable. And REAL journalism outing her.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Jubal 2/4/2021 5:08:53 PM (No. 685019)
What is the COVID-19 in this story? I believe they're talking about the China Virus. Referring to the China Virus as something called COVID is intellectually dishonest. Call it by its correct name: the China Virus.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Krause 2/4/2021 6:01:55 PM (No. 685059)
the left media is it's own worst enemy. They jump at everything that's hints it might be bad for conservatives. Pretty stupid.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: MDConservative 2/4/2021 6:42:02 PM (No. 685106)
Mission accomplished...the story is out there and probably used by fact checkers coast-to-coast.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: ColonialAmerican1623 2/5/2021 2:31:19 AM (No. 685450)
Rebekah gets fired a lot. The real question is Why did she had the state website after she was terminated ?
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Reply 12 - Posted by: ColonialAmerican1623 2/5/2021 2:32:17 AM (No. 685451)
Apologies Not "had" but hack.
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