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The Funny Part About ABC News' Absurd Australia Wildfire Map That Was Dragged for Its Stunning Inaccuracy
Townhall ^ | 01/07/2020 | Matt Vespa

Posted on 01/07/2020 7:04:11 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 01/07/2020 7:04:11 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

close to 100 people arrested for arson in these fires...But the AP, of course, attributes to Globull Warming. Fake News DeLuxe.


2 posted on 01/07/2020 7:09:26 AM PST by Shady (One More Time: CO2 is PLANT FOOD! Without it we die. Any questions?)
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To: SeekAndFind
The problem is that it’s not accurate.

Dishonesty is a vice when it is used to try to gain something harmful such as socialism and statism.

3 posted on 01/07/2020 7:14:18 AM PST by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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To: SeekAndFind

“500 million animals have been killed”

This is an absurd number. Who has counted them? What is the definition of an animal? Are they including insects?

Animals have terrific abilities to sense danger and fire is one of the fiercest enemies they have. They will vacate the area and head for safety away from the incoming danger. Certainly there are deaths but 500 million is not to me believable.


4 posted on 01/07/2020 7:15:24 AM PST by billyboy15
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To: Shady

Remember - some number of the arsonists were paid by the global warming crowd to start the fires under the guise of being compensation for the “photographs” they were then instructed to take once they’d started the fires to blame on global warming. These people are sick!


5 posted on 01/07/2020 7:18:09 AM PST by Steven W.
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To: SeekAndFind

Lies from the MSM.

Cue Captain Renault.


6 posted on 01/07/2020 7:19:03 AM PST by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: billyboy15

Biology 101: insects are animals.


7 posted on 01/07/2020 7:19:09 AM PST by eclectic (Liberalism is a mental disorder)
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To: Shady

I read that it was over 200 arrested for arson. Also, it’s estimated that something like 80% + are human-caused, whether intentional or accidental. I’ve long suspected that when wildfires spring up in swarms here in the U.S., esp. California, it’s largely arson. But the authorities (and then the media) won’t report this, for obvious reasons.


8 posted on 01/07/2020 7:19:59 AM PST by Blurb2350
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To: SeekAndFind

Locals shouted at a Camera that this was the Prime Minister’s fault because he’s not taking Global Warming seriously ,LOL


9 posted on 01/07/2020 7:20:33 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: SeekAndFind

In 1957, public service announcements by Smokey the Bear warned that there were so many wildfires in the US, if all put together they would cover the entire state of Louisiana. That is 33.5 million acres burned each year.

Australia’s wildfires this year only total 12.35 million acres of land.


10 posted on 01/07/2020 7:21:23 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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Looking for the note that says “Map graphic courtesy CNN”.


11 posted on 01/07/2020 7:23:58 AM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: eclectic

That is still a grossly unfair statement though that paints a very inaccurate picture. 95% of all people seeing that statement are going picture spot, fluffy, and kangaroos and koalas. It was my first thought as well.

By that logic, I would guess millions of “animals” are killed everyday in the U.S. My exterminator’s job is to kill “animals” then.


12 posted on 01/07/2020 7:25:01 AM PST by okkev68
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To: SeekAndFind

Dragged?


13 posted on 01/07/2020 7:26:18 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Steven W.

Remember - some number of the arsonists were paid by the global warming crowd to start the fires under the guise of being compensation for the “photographs” they were then instructed to take once they’d started the fires to blame on global warming. These people are sick!


Where is this reported?


14 posted on 01/07/2020 7:29:14 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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Maybe when the cops arrested them and asked for their names, they all said “Global Warming” or “Climate Change”!..................


15 posted on 01/07/2020 7:31:29 AM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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To: SeekAndFind

About .6% of Australia is on fire. That’s based on

2,969,907 square miles in Australia
12,350,000 acres burned which is 19296.9 square miles burned

19296.9/2969907 = .6%


16 posted on 01/07/2020 7:33:44 AM PST by cymbeline
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“Biology 101: insects are animals.”

Technically true. The are a class within the Kingdom Animalia. Sponges are likewise considered to be animals but it is disingenuous in the extreme to deliberately throw a number like that out as the media has done without explaining that;

No attempt at at counting has been done

Included in the number are not only mammals but insects as well


17 posted on 01/07/2020 7:36:46 AM PST by billyboy15
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To: Shady
Some commenting are saying 200 arrests.

How about some names, or is that "islamophobia."

18 posted on 01/07/2020 7:48:35 AM PST by Right Wing Assault (Kill-googl,TWTR,FCBK,NYT,WaPo,Hwd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antfa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA,ARP)
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How ya doin', R?

19 posted on 01/07/2020 7:56:11 AM PST by SunkenCiv ( Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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from deep in the archives:

20 posted on 01/07/2020 7:57:32 AM PST by SunkenCiv ( Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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