USA Today fell for the (fake/wrong) "Dodger Stadium is Flooded" social media 😬 And no correction (it was not. It was an optical illusion, a wet, black parking lot). #journalism#Dodgers#Dodger#Hilary#disinformation
@ai6yr In all fairness, I get the initial "holy shit" reaction upon seeing that photo. I too went, "wait what???"
But anybody who's been to the holy site that is Dodger Stadium will realize within seconds that the "Dodger Stadium got flooded" interpretation is bogus. Dodger Stadium sits on top of a freakin' hill, and it will never get flooded like that without the rest of the city shown in that photo being under 100 ft of water.
@tonyslatte Yes. And I get some random person who hasn't ever been to Dodger Stadium doing that, but it's a USA Today article, where they are supposed to do some semblance of journalism (ie checking the facts).
@ai6yr@tonyslatte Cracks me up that no one seemed to notice that the field in the center of the stadium wasn't flooded. Do they think its on a platform or something?
I live in a small town roughly 40 miles east of LA, and the flooding wasn't really that bad where I live (that being said the houses above me where the mudslides tend to occur likely had damage). That being said I have family living in San Diego area and it was quite bad for them.
But given that the town I live in was in the red zone and LA was not, I can't imagine it was bad in areas that don't have horrible drainage, but I wouldnt be surprised if most of LA had horrible drainage.
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