If you get your news about the L.A. fires from social media, much of what you are reading is crap. The lies about what caused the fires; and misinformation about how the local and state governments have failed to perform properly in dealing with the fires fill the social media sewer. From convicted felon Trump, and billionaire puppet master Elon Musk, down to a range of lesser MAGAts, nothing honest or honorable is being posted by them on social media. I see this as a critical step in a trend that is shaping American culture. Honest object journalism is dying in this country. MAGAt-oriented billionaires are buying up major news outlets and skewing their coverage. Local papers are closing altogether. Staffs on the big papers are shrinking, either through job cuts or because ethical journalist are walking away from their jobs disgusted by the new billionaire owners. But, I commit to you, that you can trust SR. Nothing has changed. I will continue to cover trends without political partisanship, and emphasize as I always have trends that foster wellbeing.
A firefighter battles the Palisades Fire as it burns during a windstorm on the west side of Los Angeles, California, U.S. January 8, 2025. Credit: Ringo Chiu / Reuters
The devastation created by the wildfire disaster in California also spurred a new round of falsehoods and groundless attacks on Democratic officials from MAGA world – but none of the noise has anything to do with the real point, according to a Washington Post columnist.
“There’s no real question that climate change contributed to what’s happening in Los Angeles,” Philip Bump wrote in an op-ed published Thursday. He went on to dissect for readers a handful of myths circulating in right-wing circles surrounding the wildfires that he said are an attempt “to keep the realities of climate change from spreading.”
“The result by this point is that any declaration that the various examples of climate-change-linked disasters as being climate-change-linked is seen as a left-wing talking point,” Bump wrote. “So […]
Terri Quint
on Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 7:01 am
Stephan—Nearly every time I write a comment for your report, I nearly always mention that the MAGAs and others watch only Fox News or the like. They are NOT getting the truth, but what that station wants its viewers to believe. They lie and lie—-just like Trump. That’s why so few of them know what Biden actually did for them—-he saved them after the pandemic and so many other things!!! So when I comment, I constantly say a law MUST be passed that any station or publication that calls itself “news” MUST be held accountable to tell the truth and not lie!!! They should be fined millions of dollars each time they lie because truth is essential to have a democracy. That’s why the Founding Fathers pushed for public schools because we must have an educated populace. So start promoting a law to be passed that fines will be enforced on those “news” stations or print media that lie to their readers or listeners. That would be a sea change in this country that will help maintain our democracy.
Stephan—Nearly every time I write a comment for your report, I nearly always mention that the MAGAs and others watch only Fox News or the like. They are NOT getting the truth, but what that station wants its viewers to believe. They lie and lie—-just like Trump. That’s why so few of them know what Biden actually did for them—-he saved them after the pandemic and so many other things!!! So when I comment, I constantly say a law MUST be passed that any station or publication that calls itself “news” MUST be held accountable to tell the truth and not lie!!! They should be fined millions of dollars each time they lie because truth is essential to have a democracy. That’s why the Founding Fathers pushed for public schools because we must have an educated populace. So start promoting a law to be passed that fines will be enforced on those “news” stations or print media that lie to their readers or listeners. That would be a sea change in this country that will help maintain our democracy.