Leaked Documents Show Florida's Largest Utility Funded Far-Right News Site to Spread Propaganda
Climate Nexus
29 July 22
The leaked papers, reviewed by the Orlando Sentinel and Miami Herald, also reveal how the editor of the fake news outlet – called the Capitolist – created a series of shell companies controlled by FPL consultants and pre-screened articles for FPL staff before publishing. “I find this to be horrifying and undemocratic,” Gianna Trocino Bonner, a former chief legislative aide with a political opponent of FPL told the Guardian. “It’s unfortunate that our process allows for something like this to exist without accountability.”