[thechat] Bowling for Columbine

[Lachlan Cannon]

Bob Davis wrote:
> Read the papers.
>
> Our criminals are not nice people.
>
> bob

You mean these reliable sources:

"When researchers from Emory University computed the levels of coverage
of various health dangers in popular magazines and newspapers they
discovered an inverse relationship: much less space was devoted to
several of the major causes of death than to some uncommon causes. The
leading cause of death, heart disease, received approximately the same
amount of coverage as the eleventh-ranked cause of death, homicide. They
found a similar inverse relationship in coverage of risk factors
associated with serious illness and death. The lowest-ranking risk
factor, drug use, received nearly as much attention as the second-ranked
risk factor, diet and exercise."

[from <http://www.bowlingforcolumbine.com/library/fear/03.php>]

I can see why you'd believe their reporting on criminals... I mean they
obviously don't sensationalise the news at all...
--
Lach
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