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It\u2019s that it worked.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/oregon-wildfire-risk-map-rural-homeowners\"><em>ProPublica<\/em> looks at how misinformation and conspiracy theories led to the downfall of Oregon\u2019s wildfire hazard map<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIn the end, what\u2019s most remarkable about the campaign against Oregon\u2019s wildfire map isn\u2019t that misinformation found an audience. It\u2019s that it worked.\u201d ProPublica looks at how misinformation and conspiracy theories led to the downfall&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/08\/misinformation-conspiracy-theories-and-the-oregon-wildfire-map\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[{"did":"did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo","date":"2025-08-21T23:55:43+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lwx5dwkap525","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lwx5dwkap525\",\"cid\":\"bafyreicxkqgd4pvo5cmp7a5byvhlbgo2px5dwuizy4zdv7hihyw5aiu3f4\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreiakrja6iua7cwt73ydhg3qpxewof7uykfys5nyums6nhx6pug3nta\",\"rev\":\"3lwx5dwklgv25\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[846,8],"tags":[956,487],"class_list":["post-1844870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-disasters","category-weather-and-climate","tag-oregon","tag-wildfires","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1809064,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/09\/wildfire-aware\/","url_meta":{"origin":1844870,"position":0},"title":"Wildfire Aware","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"16 September 2022","format":"link","excerpt":"Wildfire Aware is an interactive map of wildfires in the United States that lists fires by the number of personnel fighting them. 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