Well, howdy there, Internet people, it's Bell again. So today, we're going to talk about

Trump, 10 blocks in California, and verifying what you've heard. So, we're starting off with a

question, but we're going to use this to give a little hip pocket class on how to verify information on social

media about what's happening in other locations. Here's the message. Miss Bell, I made the mistake

of being with my parents last night at dinner. My mom is conservative to me, but votes Democrat.

My dad was also a centrist until Trump.

Then he jumped on the MAGA train and has just gotten worse and worse.

They started arguing last night.

My mom, who also watches you, said that the troubled area in L.A. was only 10 blocks. My dad called her a liar. He actually

screamed, you lie, because his media has told him LA is in flames. How do you even start to have a

conversation when basic facts like, is a major city on fire, get nastily debated. I mean, it's not really my

problem anymore. I can just leave and go to my place after dinner, which is what I did. But how do you

sort this? I'm going to guess that there are probably way bigger issues, but like most things, there is actually

a correct answer.

Yes, it's about 10 blocks.

But how do you demonstrate that to somebody who doesn't believe it because they believe

every over-emotional Facebook post?

You have the entire base of human knowledge on the device you sent this message to me on.

The area under curfew is far larger than the area where there have actually been issues.

L.A. City website has a map showing the area under curfew. It also shows the area in relation to the city of Los Angeles.

The city of Los Angeles is about 469 square miles. I went to Google Earth and used the

measurement tool to determine the size of the curfew area. It's about seven square miles. The actual area where the unlawful

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