US right wing fans misinformation fires as firefighters battle Los Angeles blazes

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Source: The Guardian

Fri 10 Jan 2025 06.00 EST
Last modified on Fri 10 Jan 2025 07.55 EST


As Los Angeles firefighters battle ongoing blazes, prominent rightwing figures are spreading bigoted criticism of the response and lies about who is to blame, including that the fire is raging because of diversity within the fire department.

The misinformation echoes the claims that plagued the North Carolina hurricane response. Both disasters led to outrage, which partisan actors seized upon to advance their political goals, muddying the already confusing information ecosystem that accompanies a fast-moving news event.

In what has become a common theme, rightwing media and commentary have said that diversity within the Los Angeles fire departmentis to blame for the devastation.

“Meet Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley,” the X account Libs of TikTok, known for spreading anti-LBGTQ+ rhetoric, posted. “She boasts about being the first female and LGBTQ fire chief in the LA Fire Department. Promoting a culture of DEI is her priority. Does this make you feel safer?” In another tweet, the same account, which has nearly 4 million followers, wrote: “DEI will get people k*lled. DEI must DIE.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/10/rightwing-misinformation-los-angeles-fire

[Lovie777]

1. Duh.................

[msongs]

2. same racist bigots who want to slash government spending n

[endgenocide]

3. Same old Same old

I caught 10 minutes of Chris Hayes last night and he was playing video of Alex Jones spewing his Government Cabal bullshit and how it somehow relates to the fires? The same garbage he has been spewing for decades he applies the same nonsense to everything that will get an eyeball or two. And the same garbage that got him sued to the point of bankruptcy. What Alex Jones says is not relevant to anything. Chris Hayes and the producers of that show should really understand that? I was reminded why I almost never watch msnbc anymore.

[IcyPeas]

5. How is that repulsive creep still allowed to broadcast? I hoped

he would've been banned from broadcasting. Nothing stops these monsters.

He spreads rage and hate.

[hadEnuf]

4. Fucking ghouls.

100 MPH winds are fanning the fires while right-wing scum is sending out 100 MPH streams of absolute lies and bullshit.

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

6. Its DIS not MIS !!!!!

Disinformation = false information intentionally started and/or amplified for specific intended political purposes. Here it is 2025 and so much of the media still cannot call this what it is.

[meow2u3]

7. The media WON'T call things as they really are

They've devolved into a propaganda machine for the conservative (read: fascist) elite. That's why the so-called liberal media won't tell the truth.

[AZLD4Candidate]

8. the media hates the word LIES. They use a fourteen letter euphemism for something that should take four letters.

[Lucky Luciano]

9. I loved George Carlin's take on euphemisms that cover up where bluntness is best.

Shellshock—> battle fatigue —> operational exhaustion—> post-traumatic stress disorder

[AZLD4Candidate]

10. involuntary personal protein spill