Wildfires bad actually, says man paid to disagree with consensus

The Spectator serves up Matt Ridley's galaxy-brain take: yes, multiple continents are currently on fire, BUT actually wildfires are declining globally (source: trust me bro). The cognitive dissonance is immaculate—they lead with vivid apocalypse imagery including Sicilian arson cats, then immediately pivot to "the greens are fear-mongering." It's the journalistic equivalent of showing someone drowning while insisting the ocean is getting drier.