{"id":170264,"date":"2022-12-28T02:41:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T02:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/popular-shows-and-movies-spread-misinformation-about-wildfires-and-firefighters-npr\/"},"modified":"2022-12-28T02:41:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T02:41:04","slug":"popular-shows-and-movies-spread-misinformation-about-wildfires-and-firefighters-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/popular-shows-and-movies-spread-misinformation-about-wildfires-and-firefighters-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular shows and movies spread misinformation about wildfires and firefighters : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The new CBS drama series Fire Country<\/em>about a group of prisoners turned volunteer firefighters in Northern California, is aflame with the raging pyrotechnics and human melodrama that audiences have come to expect from pop culture takes on wildfires and the people who bravely tackled them. <\/p>\n

The show was the highest-ranked TV series when it debuted in October and continues to attract millions of viewers.<\/p>\n

But despite its popularity with the public, Fire Country<\/em> hasn’t been a big hit with firefighters. <\/p>\n

“It’s just another traumatized Hollywood production,” Eugene, Oregon-based firefighter Megan Bolten told NPR. <\/p>\n

Fire Country<\/em> executive producer Tony Phelan said he understands the pushback. <\/p>\n

“But we are not making a documentary,” said Phelan. “And so there are certain compromises that we make for dramatic purposes.” <\/p>\n

The disconnect between pop culture and real life<\/h3>\n

The frustration firefighters feel highlights the disconnect between the portrayal of wildfires in pop culture and the realities of wildfire response in a time of accelerated climate change.<\/p>\n

Part of the issue is that movies and TV shows about wildfires haven’t changed much since they first blazed across our screens in the middle of the last century. <\/p>\n