Florida Politics is a news site for politics in the state of Florida. It is operated by Peter Schorsch, who opened the site in 2013 and employs 17 freelance journalists. The site broke the news of the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago.[1]

Schorsch and critics have described the site as operating a form of pay to play, giving favorable coverage in exchange for advertising dollars. Schorsch has called it "combination journalism". It also received money from Florida Power & Light via their lobbying firm, Matrix LLC.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Elahe Izadi (9 August 2022). "How a former Florida political operative broke the Mar-a-Lago FBI story". Washington Post. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  2. ↑ Susannah Nesmith (31 August 2015). "Florida micro-media mogul breaks news, but is it journalism?". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "Cash for coverage? Questions arise about local political blogger Peter Schorsch". Tampa Bay Times. 15 November 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  4. ↑ David Folkenflik; Mario Ariza; Miranda Green (19 December 2022). "In the Southeast, power company money flows to news sites that attack their critics". NPR. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
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