Erick Erickson argues that the press is circling the wagons to protect California’s prog authorities dealing with the wildfires ravaging huge swaths Los Angeles County. He presents as Exhibit A the video below. In the video LA Fox 11 news anchor Melvin Robert responds to developer and former Los Angeles mayoral candidate Rick Caruso’s claim that hydrants were running out of water. Robert begged to disagree. As the broadcast cut away to reporter Gigi Graciette on the scene in Pacific Palisades, however, Graciette said otherwise. The Daily Wire has a good account of this episode here.
This news anchor tried to come to the defense of elected Democrats by claiming that Rick Caruso was wrong about firefighters not having water to put out fires but then the reporter on the ground jumps in to confirm that there’s NO WATER.
This is criminal. pic.twitter.com/dzDMrXIy00
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) January 9, 2025
The Washington Free Beacon supercuts video below is included with this story. The video briefly highlights the authorities’ response to the infernos. As in the clip above, one suspects that reality will somehow have the last word.
At the Daily Signal — transcript here — Victor Davis cuts through the smoke.
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