As massive, destructive wildfires continue to rip through the greater Los Angeles area, criticism has grown from residents and even local officials how poorly prepared the Democratic state was to handle a disaster such as this.
However, that hasn’t stopped networks like CNN from propping up claims that the city was ready — despite authorities being unable to keep up with demands for basic things like water.
Conservative podcast host Megyn Kelly took one so-called CNN “fact checker” to task over a claim she said was complete propaganda B.S.
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During yesterday’s installment of her “The Megyn Kelly Show” podcast, Kelly said that corporate media, such as CNN, is attempting to make the public believe that a reservoir near Southern California’s coastal town of Pacific Palisades had not run out of water.
It was almost completely empty when the wildfires started.
“Now you’ve got the media, including CNN’s fact checker air quotes Daniel Dale, trying to tell us that there was no shortage of water in LA. I mean we know that the reservoir that serviced the area that burned to the ground was empty, but he’s like ‘There’s absolutely no problem with shortage of water in the LA area.’ Listen to this moron,” Kelly said.
Dale could be heard on CNN falsely claiming, “There is no shortage of water in the LA area,” before adding that reports of fire hydrants being dry were due to “technical logistical infrastructure.”
Kelly went on to cite a report from the Los Angeles Times where a Department of Water official had acknowledged “the reservoir’s absence, the one we’re talking about for Palisades likely contributed to some diminished pressure and dry hydrants in upper regions of the Palisades.”
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Kelly went on to slam Dale’s assessement and deflection of blame over the deadly situation in the Democrat-controlled state, saying:
“So how do you figure that there’s no shortage of water in the LA area Daniel Dale? And that this empty reservoir had no effect? Who died and made you fire chief or Department of Water investigator? He knows nothing, this guy. All he knows how to do is run cover for Democrats.”
Last Tuesday, a massive fire broke out in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles, forcing thousands to flee their homes as the community was burned to the ground.
Janisse Quinones, chief executive and chief engineer at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, said that the fire response put immense strain on the water system, according to the Daily Caller News Foundation.
The Santa Ynez Reservoir, which is a large water reservoir within the Pacific Palisades, was later revealed to have been out of commission since February 2024, leaving the area without 117 million gallons of water storage, according to a Los Angeles Times report.
Despite the report from local sources, Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom told NBC News on Sunday that the state’s reservoirs are full.
He also said there will be an independent investigation of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.
His comments came after he told CNN last Wednesday that the lack of water in the area was up to “the local folks.”