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The disconnect between what we see in the news and the reality of the world around us.
Posted on 6/12/19 at 1:54 pm
Posted on 6/12/19 at 1:54 pm
Bill gates tweeted it this morning, and its really fascinating how fear revolves around our lives.
Thought I'd share.
Thought I'd share.
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Posted on 6/12/19 at 1:55 pm to agregime1
The crazy one to me is homicide, it's even less than the 0.01% that is terrorism.
This post was edited on 6/12/19 at 1:55 pm
Posted on 6/12/19 at 1:55 pm to agregime1
Eh. This is awkward.
Posted on 6/12/19 at 1:55 pm to agregime1
Easy for Bill to say.
Posted on 6/12/19 at 1:55 pm to agregime1
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The disconnect between what we see in the news and the reality of the world around us.
I blame CNN and the 24 hour news cycle.
And Nick Saban. frick that guy.
Posted on 6/12/19 at 1:56 pm to agregime1
I’d rather hear about how isis is gonna kill me than hear how my beloved $5 Big box from Popeyes is.
Sorry.
Sorry.
Posted on 6/12/19 at 1:56 pm to agregime1
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The crazy one to me is homicide, it's even less than the 0.01% that is terrorism.
0.9% > 0.01%
Posted on 6/12/19 at 1:56 pm to agregime1
Fake news gonna fake news AGR
Posted on 6/12/19 at 1:56 pm to agregime1
I always get a good laugh when people from other countries tell Americans they are brainwashed by the media and don't know truly what's going on. You think Germany is just 100% honest in what they say in their media? 
Posted on 6/12/19 at 1:56 pm to CaptainPanic
speaking of germany
Posted on 6/12/19 at 1:56 pm to agregime1
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This post was edited on 6/12/19 at 1:58 pm
Posted on 6/12/19 at 1:58 pm to agregime1
Are you doing an experiment to see if people would respond different to the same thread if it wasn't started by me?
Posted on 6/12/19 at 1:59 pm to TDsngumbo
I mean, what news reports on and what people google search doesn't really have to correlate with how people die.
Posted on 6/12/19 at 2:00 pm to agregime1
It's not the inordinate amounts of coverage those things get that surprises me.
What surprises me about those graphs is how closely the NYT and The Guardian distributions reflect one another.
Does the original source specify if that's the Guardian's UK coverage? Or if that's the distribution of their US news stories? Graph doesn't specify.
What surprises me about those graphs is how closely the NYT and The Guardian distributions reflect one another.
Does the original source specify if that's the Guardian's UK coverage? Or if that's the distribution of their US news stories? Graph doesn't specify.
Posted on 6/12/19 at 2:03 pm to agregime1
Cool, boomers spend too much time on facebook.
Posted on 6/12/19 at 2:04 pm to UGATiger26
Posted on 6/12/19 at 2:08 pm to agregime1
The News is meant for people to come home from a shitty day at work and see how shitty other peoples lives are. Aka Murders, terrorism, break ins.
Nobody would watch if they covered all the people dying of heart disease, while 70% of Americans are obese and 30% have diabetes and hypertension
Nobody would watch if they covered all the people dying of heart disease, while 70% of Americans are obese and 30% have diabetes and hypertension
Posted on 6/12/19 at 2:19 pm to agregime1
I guess Bill has never read the crime section of The Advocate. We are appropriately fearful.
Posted on 6/12/19 at 2:20 pm to agregime1
We are wired to notice the outlier. Just the way human beings are. Violence is an outlier in today’s society, especially compared to 100 years ago and very especially compared to 1,000 years ago.
This isn’t just an American thing, and some other places are way worse.
This isn’t just an American thing, and some other places are way worse.
Posted on 6/12/19 at 2:24 pm to agregime1
The only purpose of the incessant fear mongering from the media is to mold public perception for the benefit of those at the top of the food chain politically, economically and socially.
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