Yesterday, I learn a stunning 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 approach – truly watching Tucker’s show – I instantly realized that Newsweek’s quoted phrases “Began by Satanic Meth Heads” have been full fiction. Nobody mentioned 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 truth? 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 line with an NBC report final yr which dug into hearth division statistics, there have been 13,909 homeless fires in Los Angeles in 2023. That’s 38 fires day-after-day.
In Los Angeles, 54% of all fires are associated with the homeless.
Since 2017, fires linked to homelessness have prompted $185 million in injury, representing 22% of all hearth injury within the metropolis. And people are simply those they’ll verify.
Most begin accidentally. Image individuals battling psychological sickness and drug dependancy, residing outside, stealing electrical energy, and cooking or warming themselves with no matter burns. Then consider makeshift meth labs, which have a nasty behavior of exploding.
However meth provides one other twisted dimension: it may well 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 prone to commit violent crimes in comparison with non-users.
I’m not saying that’s what prompted the latest fires. Neither did Tucker Carlson or Michael Shellenberger, regardless of Newsweek’s misreporting it as the newest “conspiracy idea.”
Shellenberger did use the phrase “satanic”, nonetheless. Given L.A.’s willful tolerance to this hellish state of affairs, that description is sort of becoming.
Ken LaCorte writes about censorship, media malfeasance, uncomfortable questions, and sincere perception for individuals curious how the world actually works. Follow Ken on Substack
