Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis raised some eyebrows in May when only Fox News was allowed into his rollout of a controversial election administration bill.
Although the network denied any involvement at the time, it turns out the unusual arrangement was part of a well cultivated symbiosis.
More than 1,200 pages of emails between the governor's office and the US's top conservative network were obtained by the Tampa Bay Times, shedding light on the unique relationship in an investigation published on Friday.
"I honestly think he could host the show with the chops we saw from him at the vaccine site," a Fox News producer wrote in one correspondence with the governor's office
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