{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Dans Geek Stop Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/blog.dansgeekstop.com","author_name":"Dan Miller","author_url":"https:\/\/blog.dansgeekstop.com\/index.php\/author\/dan\/","title":"Cleveland: The \u201cBurning River\u201d Joke Is Lazy - Dans Geek Stop Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"tDJ4JKkzMn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.dansgeekstop.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/07\/cleveland-the-burning-river-joke-is-lazy\/\">Cleveland: The \u201cBurning River\u201d Joke Is Lazy<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.dansgeekstop.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/07\/cleveland-the-burning-river-joke-is-lazy\/embed\/#?secret=tDJ4JKkzMn\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Cleveland: The \u201cBurning River\u201d Joke Is Lazy&#8221; &#8212; Dans Geek Stop Blog\" data-secret=\"tDJ4JKkzMn\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/blog.dansgeekstop.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/blog.dansgeekstop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cleveland-The-Burning-River-Joke-Is-Lazy-1024x683.png","thumbnail_width":1024,"thumbnail_height":683,"description":"Whenever Cleveland comes up in conversation with people who\u2019ve never been there, it\u2019s amazing how fast it turns negative. They jump straight to the \u201cburning river\u201d label and act like that\u2019s the whole story. What gets lost is that Cleveland wasn\u2019t the only city with a polluted river that caught fire in that era\u2014it just [&hellip;]"}