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MichMan

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5. The ones that prove the headline is false?

Reply to InAbLuEsTaTe (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 30, 2017, 07:47 AM

Oct 2017

The statistics that show the headline is patently false?

That is unless you believe that 14.5 is less than 10.8.

Media sources create headlines that contradict the facts is irresponsible IMO. Then so many people just read the headlines and make conclusions when the facts show the opposite.

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Black On Black Crime Rate Is Far Lower Than White On White Crime [View all] MrScorpio Oct 2017 OP

The excerpt doesn't have any statistics on black-on-black crime, just white-on-white and progree Oct 2017 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2017 #2

Thus the OP title is incorrect and should be changed masmdu Oct 2017 #4

No it isn't. brer cat Nov 2017 #7

Thanks for posting this... these statistics need to be spread far and wide. InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2017 #3

The ones that prove the headline is false? MichMan Oct 2017 #5

Yes, those... of course. InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2017 #6

The headline is "false" only if you cherry pick data. brer cat Nov 2017 #8

oh yes, the crack wars which got a far different discussion than opioid JI7 Nov 2017 #9

As different as black and white, as the saying goes... nt brer cat Nov 2017 #10

2015 according to the link. MichMan Nov 2017 #11

Read more carefully. brer cat Nov 2017 #12

*IN 2015*: white-on-white 10.8, black-on-black: 14.5 progree Nov 2017 #13

Obvious context can be a difficult thing for a bias to overcome. LanternWaste Dec 2017 #14

This Sinclair bullshit, I hope NOBODY watches TV anymore soon, but we need a free net and Eliot Rosewater Dec 2017 #15