As the Los Angeles wildfires rage on, the corporate media are compelled to cover some of the issues that have emerged. But as we see with NBC’s coverage of the shortage of water for fire hydrants, there is a reluctance to cover underlying political incompetence.
Watch as the water shortage is treated as though it were a supernatural mystery:
MORGAN CHESKY: We joined Los Angeles Fire Captain Adam Van Gerpen in the Pacific Palisades.
ADAM VAN GERPEN: This hydrant has no- no water in it.
CHESKY: Where lack of water, critical to battling a still-active wildfire, frustrated crews. This one from San Francisco.
What should the water pressure be right now, ideally?
FIREFIGHTER: I mean, you want 50 to 80 as your ideal hydrant pressure.
CHESKY: And what have you got?
FIREFIGHTER: I’m bouncing between zero, 50, it’s- it’s not a consistent…
