Heard on Fox 29 News Saturday night:
"It’s really a problem we don’t hear much about, but it’s estimated that about TWO DOZEN people have died within the past 30 years." (Note: when you repeat this in your head, make sure you emphasize TWO DOZEN as if it is a really, really big number).
Thanks for not talking much about it, Fox, since I suspect it is about 10 millionth on the list of fatality causes.
This is a great example why "the news" is not a great source of information – they are essentially forced to turn nothing into something. (Some good discussion on this in Super Crunchers by Ayres regarding the summers of child kidnapping and shark-infested waters – remember those?)
True if you live in the States. I have been back for the first time in 6 months after having moved back to Europe (I get BBC from my house in France). The same trend is starting to happen with channels like BBC News 24 but by and large the BBC and ITV still report news. Its also global news, not just news called global about national interests.
I swear for the last two weeks I have watched almost nothing but the cartoon network and the food network to staop myself being driven insane by so called news. CNN is among the very worst offenders but I guess nothing tops out Fox!