Wildfires raging out of control in California.

As California burns again, we ask, do the prevailing media narratives serve us?

We really need to start framing this differently.

I mean, I despair that our contemporary politics can in any way deal with the challenge that this century presents us.

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.

I'm Brooke Gladstone. And I'm Bob

Garfield. After being linked to a series of mass shootings, hate site 8chan is an exile. And that's

where the activists wanted to stay. If 8chan comes back, it's only a matter of time before there is

another 8chaned shooting.

And in one newsroom, journalists struggle with the responsibility of deciding who gets to be forgotten on the Internet.

Every month, I'd get more of these requests from somebody saying, your story is wrecking my life,

imploring you to help them overcome a mistake.

It's all coming up after this.

From WNYC in New York, this is On the Media.

I'm Bob Garfield.

And I'm Brooke Gladstone with this news alert.

California is on fire. A dangerous wildfire is threatening hundreds of homes in Los Angeles

near the world-famous Getty Center.

In the north of Kincaid fire, so big it looks like this.

This is 85 miles away in San Francisco.

California's governor has declared a statewide emergency.

And then the placing of blame.

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