The news is always going to look worse than personal experience because of the selection effect: the worst events make the news. If you look at the news from 1

The news is always going to look worse than personal experience because of the selection effect: the worst events make the news. If you look at the news from 15 years ago, it didn't look any better: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/aug/18/met-police-stop-search-children https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/aug/18/met-police-...