tal@lemmy.today to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoCrime in the U.S.: Key questions answered | Pew Research Centerwww.pewresearch.orgexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down11
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minus-squareCaptainSpaceman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·7 months agoIts very difficult to change peoples minds because the media strives to promote violence as the #1 news story most of the time. The belief is ingrained and even data from FBI isnt enough to sway them
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todayOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months ago“Nobody got mugged” doesn’t draw a lot of clicks. And there’s the Summer of the Shark. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_of_the_Shark
minus-squareStrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoI had actually forgotten about that. Sept. 11 kinda over shadowed everything that happened in the 2000’s.
Its very difficult to change peoples minds because the media strives to promote violence as the #1 news story most of the time.
The belief is ingrained and even data from FBI isnt enough to sway them
“Nobody got mugged” doesn’t draw a lot of clicks.
And there’s the Summer of the Shark.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_of_the_Shark
I had actually forgotten about that. Sept. 11 kinda over shadowed everything that happened in the 2000’s.