Climate Change
Misinformation Spreads Like Wildfire on the Internet While LA Neighborhoods Burn
Misleading claims and falsehoods about water and firefighting resources distracted from the unprecedented conditions that left Los Angeles primed for the most destructive fire in its history.
Fish and wildfires don’t tend to go together. But as a series of blazes driven by 100-mile-per-hour winds burned throughout Los Angeles, the country’s incoming president centered blame on a three-inch fish found in a completely different part of the state.
Misinformation Spreads Like Wildfire Online While LA Neighborhoods Burn