Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-229 days agoCar crashes have killed and seriously injured roughly the same number of people as shootings in Chicago this year. Only one of these things draws media attention. lemmy.worldimagemessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down17
arrow-up1145arrow-down1imageCar crashes have killed and seriously injured roughly the same number of people as shootings in Chicago this year. Only one of these things draws media attention. lemmy.worldDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-229 days agomessage-square84fedilink
minus-squareGoldmage263@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·29 days agoAre you saying that OP is making a “cheap false equivalence”? They are commenting on news coverage, so I don’t follow what you mean.
minus-squarebreecher@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·29 days agoYes, OP is very much doing that. They are commenting on how they think that news coverage should do a false equivalence on those two things.
minus-squarewellheh@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 days agoThe graph didn’t offer the conclusion- op did, and yes it’s cheap
Are you saying that OP is making a “cheap false equivalence”? They are commenting on news coverage, so I don’t follow what you mean.
Yes, OP is very much doing that. They are commenting on how they think that news coverage should do a false equivalence on those two things.
The graph didn’t offer the conclusion- op did, and yes it’s cheap