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Florida officials accused NBC News of cherry-picking data in an article it published over the weekend, claiming the state wasn't all it has been cracked up to be in recent years. The <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/economics/leaving-florida-rcna142316" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">article titled</a>, "They came for Florida's sun and sand. They got soaring costs and a culture war," which claims that even though Florida has seen a population boom in recent years, some residents and recent transplants are citing rising costs, divisive politics and unpredictable weather in their decision to leave the state."But while hundreds of thousands of new residents have flocked to the state on the promise of beautiful weather, no income tax and lower costs, nearly 500,000 left in 2022, according to the most recent census data," the article read. "Contributing to their move was a perfect storm of soaring insurance costs, a hostile political environment, worsening traffic and extreme weather, according to interviews with more than a dozen recent transplants and longtime residents who left the state in the past two years."<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/sylvester-stallone-permanently-leaving-california-behind-florida-done-deal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SYLVESTER STALLONE IS ‘PERMANENTLY' LEAVING CALIFORNIA BEHIND FOR FLORIDA: ‘IT'S A DONE DEAL'</a>"The Sunshine State isn't always as sunny as it may seem," NBC News posted to X, along with the article. "Hundreds of thousands of new residents have flocked to Florida with the promise of beautiful weather and no income tax. But nearly 500,000 left in 2022, according to the most recent Census data."But, many Florida officials were quick to call out NBC News, claiming they didn't understand net migration as more people moved to the state than left in 2022. "Florida weather definitely isn’t for everyone, I will admit that," <a href="https://twitter.com/ChristinaPushaw/status/1774787732788707415" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Christina Pushaw</a>, who works for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, commented. "I like it, but it can be hard for some people to adjust to the humidity. And of course, storms. But you are completely missing the point with this article. Far more people moved TO Florida than left Florida."<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/business-insider-corrects-story-claiming-mass-migration-florida-backlash-wrong" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BUSINESS INSIDER CORRECTS STORY CLAIMING MASS MIGRATION OUT OF FLORIDA AFTER BACKLASH: ‘WE GOT IT WRONG’</a>"FACT CHECK: NBC apparently doesn’t know what ‘net migration’ means," <a href="https://twitter.com/ChristinaPushaw/status/1774787350108758317" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">she posted</a>, along with statistics that said in 2022, the state saw the largest percentage increase in net population migration, making it the <a href="https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2022/12/florida-fastest-growing-state.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">fastest growing state in the nation</a>. "Yesterday, <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNews">@NBCNews</a> told you only half of a statistic to try to take a swipe at Florida (FL's net in-migration in 2022 led the nation and was record-breaking for the state.)" <a href="https://twitter.com/BryanDGriffin/status/1774790217485947246" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Bryan Griffin</a>, communications director for DeSantis, posted. "And, they chose a few clearly partisan anecdotes to flesh out their story. See how the media works?""Great example of media bias on full display — but on the bright side, Florida will be just fine if NBC liberals decide not to move here," Pushaw said in response. "NBC highlights people 'fleeing' Florida despite highest-in-nation net migration," Florida Secretary of Commerce, J. Alex Kelly <a href="https://twitter.com/FLSecofCommerce/status/1774864330225340663" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">posted in response</a>. "Sorry, but Florida is popular. And it's not that hard to understand why," election data guru <a href="https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1775178786943689103" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Nate Silver posted</a>. "The NBC News story purporting to show a lot of 'mover's remorse' in Florida was BS. The state has a *low* rate of out-migration. People come there, and stay.""NBC News apparently has no idea how net migration works — Florida was far and away the top US state in net migration over the past few years, while California ranked dead last Because Florida has competent leadership and sane policies, and California doesn’t," <a href="https://twitter.com/ianmSC/status/1774561285096739136" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Outkick writer Ian Miller posted on X</a>.

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title: Florida officials, media and residents mock NBC for 'partisan anecdotes' about
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content: 'Florida officials accused NBC News of cherry-picking data in an article
 it published over the weekend, claiming the state wasn''t all it has been cracked
 up to be in recent years. The <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/economics/leaving-florida-rcna142316"
 target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">article titled</a>, "They came for Florida''s
 sun and sand. They got soaring costs and a culture war," which claims that even
 though Florida has seen a population boom in recent years, some residents and recent
 transplants are citing rising costs, divisive politics and unpredictable weather
 in their decision to leave the state."But while hundreds of thousands of
 new residents have flocked to the state on the promise of beautiful weather, no
 income tax and lower costs, nearly 500,000 left in 2022, according to the most recent
 census data," the article read. "Contributing to their move was a perfect storm
 of soaring insurance costs, a hostile political environment, worsening traffic and
 extreme weather, according to interviews with more than a dozen recent transplants
 and longtime residents who left the state in the past two years."<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/sylvester-stallone-permanently-leaving-california-behind-florida-done-deal"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">SYLVESTER STALLONE IS ‘PERMANENTLY'' LEAVING
 CALIFORNIA BEHIND FOR FLORIDA: ‘IT''S A DONE DEAL''</a>"The Sunshine
 State isn''t always as sunny as it may seem," NBC News posted to X, along with the
 article. "Hundreds of thousands of new residents have flocked to Florida with the
 promise of beautiful weather and no income tax. But nearly 500,000 left in 2022,
 according to the most recent Census data."But, many Florida officials were
 quick to call out NBC News, claiming they didn''t understand net migration as more
 people moved to the state than left in 2022. "Florida weather definitely
 isn’t for everyone, I will admit that," <a href="https://twitter.com/ChristinaPushaw/status/1774787732788707415"
 target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Christina Pushaw</a>, who works for Florida
 Governor Ron DeSantis, commented. "I like it, but it can be hard for some people
 to adjust to the humidity. And of course, storms. But you are completely missing
 the point with this article. Far more people moved TO Florida than left Florida."<a
 href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/business-insider-corrects-story-claiming-mass-migration-florida-backlash-wrong"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">BUSINESS INSIDER CORRECTS STORY CLAIMING
 MASS MIGRATION OUT OF FLORIDA AFTER BACKLASH: ‘WE GOT IT WRONG’</a>"FACT
 CHECK: NBC apparently doesn’t know what ‘net migration’ means," <a href="https://twitter.com/ChristinaPushaw/status/1774787350108758317"
 target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">she posted</a>, along with statistics that
 said in 2022, the state saw the largest percentage increase in net population migration,
 making it the <a href="https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2022/12/florida-fastest-growing-state.html"
 target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">fastest growing state in the nation</a>. "Yesterday,
 <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNews">@NBCNews</a> told you only half of a statistic
 to try to take a swipe at Florida (FL''s net in-migration in 2022 led the nation
 and was record-breaking for the state.)" <a href="https://twitter.com/BryanDGriffin/status/1774790217485947246"
 target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Bryan Griffin</a>, communications director
 for DeSantis, posted. "And, they chose a few clearly partisan anecdotes to flesh
 out their story. See how the media works?""Great example of media bias on
 full display — but on the bright side, Florida will be just fine if NBC liberals
 decide not to move here," Pushaw said in response. "NBC highlights people
 ''fleeing'' Florida despite highest-in-nation net migration," Florida Secretary
 of Commerce, J. Alex Kelly <a href="https://twitter.com/FLSecofCommerce/status/1774864330225340663"
 target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">posted in response</a>. "Sorry, but
 Florida is popular. And it''s not that hard to understand why," election data guru
 <a href="https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1775178786943689103" target="_blank"
 rel="nofollow noopener">Nate Silver posted</a>. "The NBC News story purporting to
 show a lot of ''mover''s remorse'' in Florida was BS. The state has a *low* rate
 of out-migration. People come there, and stay.""NBC News apparently has no
 idea how net migration works — Florida was far and away the top US state in net
 migration over the past few years, while California ranked dead last Because Florida
 has competent leadership and sane policies, and California doesn’t," <a href="https://twitter.com/ianmSC/status/1774561285096739136"
 target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Outkick writer Ian Miller posted on X</a>. '
summary: NBC News accused of promoting &quot;partisan anecdotes&quot; in their article
 about residents leaving Florida due to high costs and divisive politics.
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