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Murders are under-reported in the mass-media in America because it would make for boring news. Imagine, day after day, the news saying, "and another 47 people
by cbhl 8y ago
Murders are under-reported in the mass-media in America because it would make for boring news.
Imagine, day after day, the news saying, "and another 47 people were murdered today in America, including 13 in Chicago, and 4 each in Baltimore and Houston".
While the homicide rate in the United States is dropping, there were still ~17000 of them in 2016.
- jessaustin 8y agoWhen you put it like that, it doesn't seem so bad? Less than half the number of car crash fatalities, anyway. Past a certain age, we're more likely to die from any number of different health reasons...