{"id":2389004,"date":"2025-01-10T17:57:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T22:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-complains-about-misinformation-while-briefing-about-fires-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T17:59:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T22:59:02","slug":"newsom-complains-about-misinformation-while-briefing-about-fires-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-complains-about-misinformation-while-briefing-about-fires-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsom complains about &#8216;misinformation&#8217; while briefing about fires &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnewsom-complains-about-misinformation-while-briefing-about-fires-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2389004&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a\u2062 recent briefing \u200bon the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles, California \u2062Governor Gavin\u200b Newsom\u200b expressed \u200chis concerns about &#8220;misinformation&#8221;\u2062 surrounding the crisis. the meeting included President \u2062Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who connected via video link. Newsom reported that the wildfires,\u200d exacerbated\u2062 by\u2064 unprecedented hurricane-force winds, have resulted in at least ten fatalities\u2063 and\u2062 meaningful property damage. Highlighting\u200b the impact of \u200cmisinformation,\u2063 he stated that it creates division during \u200ca time of crisis. Newsom emphasized the \u2064need to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">confront thes false narratives<\/a>, which\u200d he believes add to the \u2064suffering faced by affected communities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Newsom complains about &lsquo;misinformation&rsquo; while briefing Biden about fires<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1932330\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gavin-newsom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Gavin Newsom\">Gavin Newsom<\/a> (D-CA) took aim at &ldquo;misinformation&rdquo; during a briefing on the deadly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/wildfires\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"wildfires\">wildfires<\/a> in Los Angeles with President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a>, Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a>, and Los Angeles Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karen-bass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Karen Bass\">Karen Bass<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Newsom and Bass have come under intense scrutiny over the preparedness for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/3281246\/california-fires-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"fire outbreak\">fire outbreak<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/los-angeles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"City of Angels\">City of Angels<\/a> this week, which has led to the deaths of at least 10 people and an estimated billions of dollars in property damage. The briefing was held in a hybrid format Friday, with Biden and Harris in the Oval Office, while Newsom, Bass, and Federal Emergency Management Administration Administrator Deanne Criswell joined via video call.<\/p>\n<p>The California governor detailed the devastation of the fast-spreading fires, which were amplified by &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hurricane-ian-heads-for-final-landfall\/\" title=\"Hurricane Ian Heads For Final Landfall\">hurricane force winds<\/a>, the likes of which we&rsquo;ve never imagined in our lifetime,&rdquo; and concluded by expressing concern over misinformation about the fires.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;There are hurricane force winds of mis- and disinformation. People want to divide this country. We&#8217;ll have to address that as well. It breaks my heart. &hellip; You wonder where this stuff comes from.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; California Gov. Gavin Newsom during wildfire briefing with Biden and Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AOdhTu2xKO\">pic.twitter.com\/AOdhTu2xKO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HowardMortman\/status\/1877791085705003369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got to deal with this misinformation. There were hurricane-force winds of mis- and disinformation &mdash; lies,&rdquo; Newsom said. &ldquo;People want to divide this country, and we&rsquo;re gonna have to address that as well. And it breaks my heart, as people are suffering and struggling that we&rsquo;re up against those hurricane force forces as well.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And that&rsquo;s just a point of personal privilege that I share that with you because it infects real people that are out there. People I meet every single day, people the mayor has been meeting with, and they&rsquo;re having conversations that are not the typical conversations you&rsquo;d have at this time be in,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;And you wonder where this stuff comes from, and it&rsquo;s very damaging as well, but, but we&rsquo;re here to get the job done, to be here for folks to focus.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Newsom also praised FEMA and the Biden administration for their vows to support California in its recovery. He noted that &ldquo;we have a leader in the Oval Office right now&rdquo; when discussing Biden, in an apparent swipe at President-elect Donald Trump, who has been highly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3283430\/breaking-down-trump-newsom-water-war-la-wildfires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"critical\">critical<\/a> of Newsom&rsquo;s handling of the fires and returns to the Oval Office in 10 days.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I cannot impress upon you, personally, on behalf of 40 million Americans that live in the great state of California, how proud we are of you, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a>, and your leadership,&rdquo; Newsom said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Joe Biden, right, speaks as Vice President Kamala Harris, left, listens during a briefing from Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), on screen top right, Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator Deanne Criswell, on screen top left, and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, on screen at bottom, regarding the federal response to the spread of wildfires in the Los Angeles area, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo\/Ben Curtis)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During the briefing, Biden emphasized a need for affected parts of Los Angeles to be built back better and blamed much of the destructive nature of the infernos on climate change.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There are certain things we can do to prevent things from being &mdash; if the same thing occurred from as much damage occurring. And that costs money, but it also saves money. There is climate change. There is climate change. This is part of it. We have to deal with it,&rdquo; Biden said.<\/p>\n<p>Criswell also emphasized that &ldquo;the entire federal family&rdquo; will be with state and local officials in Los Angeles &ldquo;throughout this entire recovery journey&rdquo; as residents and businesses rebuild from the destruction.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The disaster comes less than two weeks before Biden leaves the White House and Trump returns to the head of the executive branch. Biden said during the briefing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seven-days-in-january-all-living-former-secretaries-of-defense-warn-trump-over-election-fight\/\" title=\"Seven Days in January? All Living Former Secretaries of Defense Warn Trump Over Election Fight\">incoming administration<\/a> knows &ldquo;every single thing we are doing about the response.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As of Friday afternoon, the Palisades Fire is only 8% <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fire.ca.gov\/Incidents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"contained\">contained<\/a>, while the Eaton Fire is only 3% contained. Other fires, including the Hurst and Lidia fires, have more containment, while others, like the Sunset fire, have been fully contained.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1932330\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1932330\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newsom criticizes &#8216;misinformation&#8217; during wildfire briefing with Biden<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2389007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/biden-newsom-bass-fire-briefing.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[7380,5231,3678],"class_list":["post-2389004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-misinformation","tag-fires","tag-newsom"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/biden-newsom-bass-fire-briefing.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2389004"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2389009,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389004\/revisions\/2389009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2389007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2389004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2389004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2389004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}