Yesterday, I learn a surprising headline in Newsweek:
However by the point I learn the primary sentence, my shock turned to skepticism. The article talked about Tucker Carlson – a reputation that appears to short-circuit journalists’ brains.
After a radical investigation method – truly watching Tucker’s present – I instantly realized that Newsweek’s quoted phrases “Started by Satanic Meth Heads” had been full fiction. Nobody stated it besides the headline author.
Whereas the article wasn’t fairly as dishonest as its headline, it existed solely to color Tucker and journalist Michael Shellenberger as nutters. The fact? They mentioned an uncomfortable fact the liberal press retains buried: homeless individuals, particularly these on meth, begin an astronomical variety of fires.
The numbers are staggering. In keeping with an NBC report final yr which dug into fireplace division statistics, there have been 13,909 homeless fires in Los Angeles in 2023. That’s 38 fires on daily basis.
In Los Angeles, 54% of all fires are related to the homeless.
Since 2017, fires linked to homelessness have precipitated $185 million in harm, representing 22% of all fireplace harm within the metropolis. And people are simply those they’ll affirm.
Most begin by chance. Image individuals battling psychological sickness and drug habit, dwelling outdoor, stealing electrical energy, and cooking or warming themselves with no matter burns. Then think about makeshift meth labs, which have a nasty behavior of exploding.
However meth provides one other twisted dimension: it may make you need to burn down. A big quantity expertise psychosis, which may result in paranoid and delusional habits, and a type of behaviors is arson. Research present meth customers are 900% extra more likely to commit violent crimes in comparison with non-users.
I’m not saying that’s what precipitated the latest fires. Neither did Tucker Carlson or Michael Shellenberger, regardless of Newsweek’s misreporting it as the most recent “conspiracy theory.”
Shellenberger did use the phrase “satanic”, nevertheless. Given L.A.’s willful tolerance to this hellish state of affairs, that description is kind of becoming.
Ken LaCorte writes about censorship, media malfeasance, uncomfortable questions, and trustworthy perception for individuals curious how the world actually works. Observe Ken on Substack
