In the aftermath of the horrific wildfires around greater Los Angeles, right wing pundits and politicians, not to mention social media personalities, have spread an astonishing amount of misinformation and lies about them. And in his monologue on Tuesday, Jimmy Kimmel was thankful that stuff doesn’t also cause fires. Otherwise, he joked, America “would be one giant Olympic torch.”
“You know, as if these fires weren’t enough to deal with, we also have a ton of misinformation going around. Some of it is nuts. My brother was at the market near his neighborhood which is in a fire and evacuation zone.