One woman is lashing out after a mainstream media outlet trashed the residents of her neighborhood, destroyed by the Palisades Fire in California, as the “rogue rich.”
In a piece on the aftermath of the horrific fires that ravaged acres upon acres of California land, razing homes and businesses to the ground and sending residents fleeing with only what they could pack in their cars, The New York Times insulted those affected by implying they are somehow benefiting from the disaster by buying lots from their neighbors.
Its deep-pocketed, well-connected residents have access to power that few have: They can pick up the phone and call Gov. Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass or Steven Soboroff, whom the mayor appointed as the rebuilding czar. The sheer concentration of affluence — coupled with the frustration that the government’s response to one of the biggest American catastrophes in recent history has been inadequate — could greatly shape the future of the Palisades,” the author wrote.
“‘I suspect that because these are pretty wealthy households with a lot of economic and also political power, they’re going to be able to dictate the terms of their own recovery,’ Dr. Besbris said,” the piece reads, adding “The city of Los Angeles is already gently pushing back at the rogue rich.”
Kaye Steinsapir wasn’t about to take that lying down. She published a YouTube video in which she walked around her completely destroyed neighborhood and gave details that NYT seemed to miss.
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In the caption of the video, she thanked all of those who have turned out to help the people displaced by the fires, as well as the first responders who have been battling the blaze and bashed NYT.
“Thank you, @WCKitchen, @fema, @LAPDHQ, @LAFD, @SBAgov, and everyone else who’s helping our community. @nytimes, We aren’t the ‘rogue rich.’ You came to our home a few years ago. Come back. I’ll show you the reality and introduce you to hundreds who literally lost everything and are destitute. Your “reporting” has become grossly biased and inaccurate. Thanks for reminding me to cancel my subscription.”
Steinsapir noted that many of her own neighbors were “senior citizens on fixed incomes” who had lived in the community for decades. She slung profanities at the outlet for normalizing being heartless to those they assume have boatloads of cash lying around.
“It’s so hurtful and it’s so outrageous that people want to pretend that this doesn’t matter because they assume people here are wealthy. It’s just literally not true. The New York Times published a piece yesterday that was so incredibly false and hurtful. I know people who were interviewed for that piece who had their quotes taken out of context,” she revealed. “The person who wrote the piece clearly had an agenda when she spoke to them, and it’s just sickening. So, New York Times: F**k you! This is what it’s like.”
Speaking to Breitbart, she told a brief version of her life story which undoubtedly echoes many of the stories the Palisades residents might tell.
“I grew up poor. I worked my way through college and law school with no assistance. I became a lawyer but my career was sidelined by cancer at age 39. The idea that I’m an out-of-touch rich person is bullshit. … Most of my neighbors are not rich. The people who came to our community room are desperate. I’m livid at how we’ve been inaccurately portrayed,” she said.
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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