• trash80@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    That national tide has started to recede, but public perception has not kept pace.
    That continues to color the nation’s political debates even as reality increasingly diverges from the rhetoric.
    Anecdotes shape perception
    Politics amplifies fears

    Good stuff.

    • sleet01@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      It doesn’t help that the news focuses on murders and gun crime over anything else, and provides a megaphone for copaganda with zero analysis. If it bleeds, it leads, even if it’s a lie.