silence7@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 days agoThe Number of Murders Kept Falling This Year, But Fear of Crime Persistswww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squareOnno (VK6FLAB)linkfedilinkarrow-up18·6 days agoFear is driven by the news motto: If it bleeds, it leads So in newsrooms across the planet this is how news is prioritised. Once we stop clickbait from being financially rewarding, this should pass. Mind you, many people slow down to rubber neck a car crash, so we have a way to go.
Fear is driven by the news motto: If it bleeds, it leads
So in newsrooms across the planet this is how news is prioritised. Once we stop clickbait from being financially rewarding, this should pass.
Mind you, many people slow down to rubber neck a car crash, so we have a way to go.