Free Press reports:
Misleading claims about California’s efforts to combat the fires ravaging greater Los Angeles have taken a nasty turn as prominent public figures like Elon Musk and Donald Trump have posted disinformation on online platforms to politicize the most destructive disaster in the city’s history.
It’s gotten so bad that many officials focused on fighting the fires have had to divert time and resources to confront and fact check the scourge of lies about the disaster …. Disinformation is a form of looting, an attempt to pillage and distort the public record to sow chaos and serve political agendas.
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