The Controversial Evolution of Ron DeSantis in Florida Politics.
The Florida Standard, an online conservative news outlet, gained unprecedented access to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis when it launched last summer. The outlet has become a pipeline that feeds conservative culture war talking points and DeSantisland scoops to larger conservative outlets and, occasionally, even the mainstream press. Witt, the editor-in-chief and CEO of the Florida Standard, is at the center of DeSantis’ norms-smashing media strategy. To overcome Trump’s media domination effect, Witt says, DeSantis is going to have to engage with the major national outlets he has so scrupulously avoided.