Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-223 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-square115fedilinkarrow-up1534arrow-down133
arrow-up1501arrow-down1imageCar 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.worldDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-223 days agomessage-square115fedilink
minus-squareGoldmage263@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·23 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-squarebreecher@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·23 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-squareGoldmage263@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 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-squarewellheh@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·23 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