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OK, so "completely ignore" was an exaggeration. They do talk about opioid abuse as a problem in general, but rarely ever mention that the affected segment of th

by jazzyk 10y ago

OK, so "completely ignore" was an exaggeration. They do talk about opioid abuse as a problem in general, but rarely ever mention that the affected segment of the population is about 65% white male (in West Virginia, not sure about other areas). If there is a program on PBS or NPR about it, it is almost always a young female being interviewed - just my subjective observation. Details, but they add up quickly and create an ideological bias, where there should not be.

tofupup 10y ago
"If there is a program on PBS or NPR about it, it is almost always a young female being interviewed" I posted the link : http://www.pbs.org/newshour/tag/opioids/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/tag/opioids/ So I read through a few of the stories, and of the first few that focus on the stories of individual addicts all three are white males. - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/montanas-pain-refugees-leave-state-get-prescribed-opioids/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/montanas-pain-refugees-l... - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/opioids-as-a-first-response-to-pain-hospitals-are-rethinking-that-policy/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/opioids-as-a-first-respo... - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/painkillers-controversy-doctors/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/painkillers-controversy-... Although they fall short of giving the specific statistic you quote take a lot at these stories : "white" is in the title and url and they both mention the toll males are taking. "He’s been seeing a lot of dead white males of late, especially ages 45 to 54." : http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/deaths-despair-cutting-life-short-white-americans/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/deaths-despair-cutting-life-s... "So, here is a male with no identity. He’s not working. He’s supposed to be a provider for his family. He can’t even do that. So that low self-worth, along with that hopelessness feeling, we start seeing tremendous depression." http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/feeling-falling-behind-fuels-deadly-distress-white-americans/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/feeling-falling-behind-fuels-... I just don't know how you get from "subjective observation" to what I am reading. I stay this as I also worry your perception is alienating you from folks that have your interests in mind as I am doubtful it is the folks calling for cuts do.

by jazzyk 10y ago

tofupup 10y ago

"If there is a program on PBS or NPR about it, it is almost always a young female being interviewed" I posted the link : http://www.pbs.org/newshour/tag/opioids/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/tag/opioids/ So I read through a few of the stories, and of the first few that focus on the stories of individual addicts all three are white males. - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/montanas-pain-refugees-leave-state-get-prescribed-opioids/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/montanas-pain-refugees-l... - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/opioids-as-a-first-response-to-pain-hospitals-are-rethinking-that-policy/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/opioids-as-a-first-respo... - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/painkillers-controversy-doctors/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/painkillers-controversy-... Although they fall short of giving the specific statistic you quote take a lot at these stories : "white" is in the title and url and they both mention the toll males are taking. "He’s been seeing a lot of dead white males of late, especially ages 45 to 54." : http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/deaths-despair-cutting-life-short-white-americans/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/deaths-despair-cutting-life-s... "So, here is a male with no identity. He’s not working. He’s supposed to be a provider for his family. He can’t even do that. So that low self-worth, along with that hopelessness feeling, we start seeing tremendous depression." http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/feeling-falling-behind-fuels-deadly-distress-white-americans/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/feeling-falling-behind-fuels-... I just don't know how you get from "subjective observation" to what I am reading. I stay this as I also worry your perception is alienating you from folks that have your interests in mind as I am doubtful it is the folks calling for cuts do.