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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]

Pete Schorsch and other 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]

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References

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