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NextImg:CBS News issues correction after claiming children's book 'might be banned statewide' in Florida


CBS Saturday Morning issued a correction on Saturday for a claim made in a previous episode about a children's book being banned in Florida schools.

"We should not have said that the book might be banned statewide," host Dana Jacobson said Saturday.

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The hosts did not address the claim that the book was being banned for having "a black character."

Gov. Ron DeSantis's (R-FL) press secretary, Bryan Griffin, said the correction didn't fully address the issue.

"Do they get tired of being wrong, or is that the intent? @CBSMornings offers standard non-apology & ignores the worst part of their lie. @CBSMMiller said a book could be banned in FL for "having a black character." Absurd statement - the public deserves a full correction," Griffin wrote Monday.

Host Michelle Miller's comments in the report last month are what caused the issue.

"Important footnote to the story: Sulwe has been banned in some Florida schools and might be banned statewide under the Stop Woke Act," Miller said in the report in question last month. The comment came after airing an interview with illustrator Vashti Harrison.

"The fact that Sulwe, a character trying to find her identity and be OK with it, would be banned because she's a black character — she just couldn't believe it. These are stories for everyone," Miller continued.

At the time, Griffin tweeted, "America, here's @CBSMMiller lying to your face on @CBS with zero accountability from her co-hosts or the network. No book in Florida is 'banned statewide,' and no book would be permissibly removed from a classroom for 'having a black character.' They want you to be misinformed."

In the correction, Jacobson clarified, "This is actually a school district by school district process. Our understanding is that the book was removed and then approved by at least one district and is now being challenged in at least one other Florida district."

This comes after MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell was forced to issue a postscript last month for claiming that DeSantis does not want slavery taught in schools.

"I was imprecise in summarizing Gov. DeSantis’s position about teaching slavery in schools. Gov. DeSantis is not opposed to teaching the fact of slavery," Mitchell said.

After walking back her claim, she followed it up by stating that DeSantis "has opposed the teaching of an African American Studies curriculum, as well as the use of some authors and source materials that historians and teachers say makes it all but impossible for students to understand the broader historic and political context behind slavery and its aftermath in the years since."

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The Florida governor addressed Mitchell's claim at a press conference last month, calling it part of a media "hoax."

He further revealed that his office is cataloging "media lies to try to do the hoax," noting that many of their claims have already been "debunked."