@Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-23 days agoCar crashes have killed and seriously injured roughly the same number of people as shootings in Chicago this year. Only one of these things draws media attention. lemmy.worldimagemessage-square110arrow-up1531
arrow-up1531imageCar crashes have killed and seriously injured roughly the same number of people as shootings in Chicago this year. Only one of these things draws media attention. lemmy.world@Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-23 days agomessage-square110
minus-square@Goldmage263@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 days agoAre you saying that OP is making a “cheap false equivalence”? They are commenting on news coverage, so I don’t follow what you mean.
minus-square@breecher@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish10•2 days agoYes, OP is very much doing that. They are commenting on how they think that news coverage should do a false equivalence on those two things.
minus-square@Goldmage263@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 days agoTy. I guess OP could be hinting at that. I don’t pick up on hints very well, and thought they were saying the news should also report about vehicle accident and death rates sometime.
minus-square@wellheh@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 days agoThe graph didn’t offer the conclusion- op did, and yes it’s cheap
Are you saying that OP is making a “cheap false equivalence”? They are commenting on news coverage, so I don’t follow what you mean.
Yes, OP is very much doing that. They are commenting on how they think that news coverage should do a false equivalence on those two things.
Ty. I guess OP could be hinting at that. I don’t pick up on hints very well, and thought they were saying the news should also report about vehicle accident and death rates sometime.
The graph didn’t offer the conclusion- op did, and yes it’s cheap