Fake News?: “Florida hit by empty shelves in protests at DeSantis crackdown”
- Source: Florida hit by empty shelves in protests at DeSantis crackdown | US | News | Express.co.uk
- Daily Mail UK: Trucker’s strike in Florida sees grocery shelves left bare | Daily Mail Online
- Video Shows Empty Grocery Shelves Amid Florida’s Anti-Immigrant Bill (Newsweek)
Reality: FACT FOCUS: Videos of empty store aisles are unrelated to Florida’s immigration bill | AP News
THE FACTS: While both clips show Florida stores, neither has anything to do with the new law or a boycott. One is from October and shows shortages during Hurricane Ian, while another shows a recent refrigeration issue at a single Walmart Supercenter.
“Professional” media sourcing to anonymous items on social media tends to end badly. That’s amateur level blogging, not news reporting. There are reasons the media no longer has any credibility.