Former Florida Data Manager Hailed by Media Was Fired for Insubordination: Report
25th May 2020
A former Florida Department of Health data manager has received ample media coverage over her claims that she was fired after she objected to the removal of certain data from the state’s public-facing coronavirus dashboard.
But the data in question has been available to the public since early May, and documents reported by The Associated Press Sunday show that Rebekah Jones was fired after she repeatedly overstepped her duties as a data manager despite being warned multiple times about her behavior.
One’s status as a ‘whistleblower’ tends to depend these days on whose whistle is being blown.