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37. If was not a two day news story lmao

Sat Jan 11, 2025, 05:56 PM

Jan 11

That story dominated for at least a week and then the story of how Biden was refusing to help or do enough to help North Carolina, which was false as fuck, dominated the next few weeks. It was not a two-day story and everyone moved on. Yeesh.

In fact, if it had been a two-day story and nothing else, it probably wouldn't have hurt Biden and Harris like it did. But the false-narratives out of that disaster persisted so much, and were so widely spread (with one being pushed in your own post), that even NC elected officials had to debunk it. It was a month-long shit-show of bad faith reporting by the media.

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I'm in South, and we had plenty of coverage of NC floods. Still gettting notices. Admittedly, I'm sorry people in LA Silent Type Jan 11 #1

Not true re celebrities in SoCal and not fair re attention malaise Jan 11 #2

wrong. flood coverage went on for weeks. fire affected middle class areas who just happen to have bloated msongs Jan 11 #3

Wrong blueknight73 Jan 11 #32

I heard several times on the news that the city that was worst hit was never.. LAS14 Jan 11 #45

Most were not wealthy or famous tenderfoot Jan 11 #4

I said celebrities or well above middle class. WarGamer Jan 11 #11

And you're still wrong tenderfoot Jan 11 #18

How did I accidentally get on truth social lame54 Jan 11 #5

Defending the interests of the poor is a Truth Social thing? WarGamer Jan 11 #10

Telling blatant lies is lame54 Jan 11 #30

+100! absolutely best response ! stopdiggin Jan 11 #23

What bullshit. How can you do this while they are digging around for bodies and lives are ruined? thebigidea Jan 11 #6

I live here... these are affluent areas. WarGamer Jan 11 #9

You're a rich celebrity, then? OilemFirchen Jan 11 #15

No but I'm well above Middle Class... by the Grace of God and good luck. WarGamer Jan 11 #16

Is this self-deprecation, then? OilemFirchen Jan 11 #19

Altadena was a primary neighborhood for people of color lapfog_1 Jan 11 #41

same website different page WarGamer Jan 11 #48

You can clean up water damage from a flood ... Tarzanrock Jan 11 #7

Agree that fire is more immediately devastating. (FYI) Flood damage is more insideous... allegorical oracle Jan 11 #14

And the devastation Traildogbob Jan 11 #40

Am with you. Have been in fierce hurricanes (including Helene). Know how horrible and how allegorical oracle Jan 11 #49

Good points malaise Jan 11 #44

Not always Rebl2 Jan 11 #20

No you cant blueknight73 Jan 11 #34

Seriously! Traildogbob Jan 11 #36

No. Lemons UK Jan 11 #8

Utterly disagree. NewHendoLib Jan 11 #12

And you're from the NC area as I recall senseandsensibility Jan 11 #21

Just understand that many of us here in wnc got more than 750 from fema... ExciteBike66 Jan 11 #13

You almost had me until the last line. FHRRK Jan 11 #17

Absolutely senseandsensibility Jan 11 #22

Exactly FHRRK Jan 11 #35

Maybe you haven't noticed but the fires are still burning Beaverhausen Jan 11 #24

I can smell it... WarGamer Jan 11 #25

just plain wrong stopdiggin Jan 11 #26

This it's just not true, why make up things like this ? JI7 Jan 11 #27

Media enid602 Jan 11 #28

That $750 was emergency fast cash. yorkster Jan 11 #29

Please do your research snowybirdie Jan 11 #31

This is not the time for division Keepthesoulalive Jan 11 #33

If was not a two day news story lmao Self Esteem Jan 11 #37

Unrec ProfessorGAC Jan 11 #38

There's still a collection jar Red Mountain Jan 11 #39

Yet again with the Everything's About Money, the only possible motivation for all things is money. betsuni Jan 11 #42

There was a lot of coverage of Western NC devastation moonscape Jan 11 #43

Don't know what you're talking about Jrsygrl96 Jan 11 #46

The flooding happened quickly, and then the water took a while to recede, but... LAS14 Jan 11 #47

"fires are impacting mostly celebrities" rollin74 Jan 11 #50