{"id":21305,"date":"2026-08-04T17:07:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T01:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/?p=21305"},"modified":"2026-08-04T20:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T04:54:15","slug":"spokane-fires-media-has-some-explaining-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/2026\/08\/04\/spokane-fires-media-has-some-explaining-to-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Spokane Fires: Media has some explaining to do"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After reporting that people are flying drones over the fire zone despite an FAA Temporary Flight Restrictions, the media runs stories with 4 photos taken from a drone. There does not appear to be an exemption for media drone flights within the TFR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step through the photo essay to see the 4 drone photos:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spokesman.com\/stories\/2026\/aug\/03\/between-700-and-1100-structures-lost-officials-sea\/\">&#8216;It doesn&#8217;t seem real&#8217;: Spokane is a community in mourning as the toll of destruction from weekend wildfires comes into focus<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here, the media is trespassing on private property:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HAPPENING NOW: Discovery Institute Media is on the ground in Spokane, WA. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kevinvdahlgren?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@kevinvdahlgren<\/a> is reporting from the frontlines of the devastating inferno that decimated hundreds of homes. <br>An arson suspect is in custody. <br>Follow us for the latest updates. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DiscoveryCWP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DiscoveryCWP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NaKXPlgJ22\">pic.twitter.com\/NaKXPlgJ22<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jonathan Choe (@choeshow) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/choeshow\/status\/2084723027745579146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They trespass on private property and fly drones within an FAA TFR, pretending they are exempt from the rules. Then report that people are making illegal drone flights &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21305"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21306,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21305\/revisions\/21306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}