844
deadly (quokk.au)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/dataisbeautiful@mander.xyz
91 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 6 points 8 months ago (4 children)

It’d be neat to see some other news outlets as well. I’m sure there’s a massive difference.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    I doubt it.

    NGL.. let's be real here.

    Your average New York Joe Blowhole who's 67, obese, diabetic and smoked since he was 15 isn't going to be as newsworthy a story as a murder is, the day he drops dead of a heart attack in his living room.

    Outside of the obit a family member puts in the paper, why would the newspapers report on such an everyday death?

    Natural causes of death, are ho-hum.

    The newspapers report on the things that aren't the run-of-the-mill, occurrences.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    True, but/and let’s consider something like a more conservative outlet (relative to NYT) in 2023. Who’s president? What issues are getting talked up pre-election? I’m guessing we’ll see something like drugs and homicide taking a massive chunk of the news relative to what the NYT reported. Even regional news will differ — ever turn on the daytime news in Las Vegas? It’s all car chases and interviews with shooting witnesses. You’d think nothing else happened in the world. Just an interesting experiment.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    Oh Yeah, to that, definitely. I always get a chuckle out of the Fox TV stations across the country that will have local horror stories.. Sometimes absolutely lurid in detail.

    The reporting vogue seems to be Families Gone Bad in the Upper Midwest..

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent