Axing fact-checkers 'like disbanding your fire department,' former CNN journo complains amid LA wildfires

Some media outlets and fact-checking organizations have compared fact-checkers to first responders battling a "wildfire" of conspiracy theories as fires continue throughout Los Angeles County.

On Monday, CNN published a report on Meta eliminating its third-party fact-checking system where it criticized the decision in light of "misinformation" about the wildfires themselves.

The article, titled "Soon to be out of a job, Meta’s fact-checkers battle a blaze of wildfire conspiracy theories,"...