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I still don't get what you think is "newsworthy", or what "should" be reported on. Why is homicide inherently more newsworthy than "people get heart attacks"?
by Rebuff5007 1y ago
I still don't get what you think is "newsworthy", or what "should" be reported on.
Why is homicide inherently more newsworthy than "people get heart attacks"? It completely depends on how much homicide is happening, how many heart attacks are happening, and what we as a society think is reasonable for either fatality. Given how few people are dying with homicides, how many people are dying from a preventable disease -- which is what the main article here says -- I think there can absolutely more attention put on the preventable disease. Particularly at a moment in time when funding for healthcare by the government is being dramatically reduced.
- aarond0623 1y ago> I still don't get what you think is "newsworthy", or what "should" be reported on. That people die from heart disease and cancer, especially when they get older, is common knowledge. That's what makes it less newsworthy versus a local homicide story that is not common knowledge.
- Rebuff5007 1y agoThat there is some amount of local homicide is common knowledge. See, I can do it too :) The question about "what should be reported on more" is really about "which thing is worth spending more resources / attention / publicity" on, and I personally would put that towards a preventable disease that far too many people are dying of.