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After Sun Sentinel senior journalist Scott Travis was called out for falsely referring to Florida’s Parental Rights in Education bill as the “Don’t Say Gay Bill” by conservatives on Twitter, he openly admitted that it was a “good lesson in branding” by Democrats.
Conservatives then slammed him even harder.
On Friday, the writer for the Florida-based outlet shared The Hill’s write-up about the state’s Parental Rights in Education Bill taking effect that day. The bill – ubiquitously known as the Don’t Say Gay Bill on the left after it coined the name – “bans school employees or third parties from giving classroom instruction on ‘sexual orientation’ or ‘gender identity” in kindergarten through third grade.”
Travis shared the article and captioned it with a copy of its headline, tweeting, “Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law takes effect today. Its impact is already being felt.”
Conservative Twitter users called out the disingenuous moniker for the legislation and blasted the reporter for using the phrase.
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1542913092853518336
https://twitter.com/smtravis/status/1542913680681193472
https://twitter.com/ChristinaPushaw/status/1542958595926642691
Conservative author and film critic Jacob Airey responded to Travis’ post, tweeting, “That’s not the name of the bill, ‘Scott.’”
And The Spectator contributing editor Stephen L. Miller corrected Travis, tweeting, “That’s not the name of the law.”
Miller’s tweet got Travis to bite, and the journalist’s reply admitted more than anyone expected him to about the cynical nature of the left calling it the “Don’t S… (Read more)
