Yep. Another example is the stranger kidnapping scare of the ‘80s. There’s an unhealthy paradox at work: The rarer a highly emotional event occurs, the more m

Yep. Another example is the stranger kidnapping scare of the ‘80s. There’s an unhealthy paradox at work: The rarer a highly emotional event occurs, the more media attention attention it gets. The more media attention something gets, the more people think it’s actually common. Another example is police killing unarmed black men. Trying explaining to someone that something is in the news because it’s rare is futile.