Re:America in grave danger from terrorists? The numbers tell...
by pmoriarty on Sunday November 05, 2017 @05:54PM
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There are 102 automobile fatalities in the US every day.[1]
1600 cancer deaths in the US every day.[2]
I could go on with other fatality statistics, but I think you get the picture. Death by terrorism is a very very tiny (though tragic) minority of deaths in the US compared to death by other causes.
Yet can you imagine major US papers (never mind virtually every paper around the world) having front-page headlines like "27 PEOPLE DIED OF CANCER IN THE US TODAY"?
It's preposterous. So is the completely disproportionate and hysterical coverage a relatively minuscule number of terrorism-related deaths get.
1600 cancer deaths in the US every day.[2]
I could go on with other fatality statistics, but I think you get the picture. Death by terrorism is a very very tiny (though tragic) minority of deaths in the US compared to death by other causes.
Yet can you imagine major US papers (never mind virtually every paper around the world) having front-page headlines like "27 PEOPLE DIED OF CANCER IN THE US TODAY"?
It's preposterous. So is the completely disproportionate and hysterical coverage a relatively minuscule number of terrorism-related deaths get.
[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motor_vehicle_deaths_i...
[2] - https://www.inquisitr.com/2697153/cancer-surpasses-heart-dis...