4 weeks ago
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It seems like everyday whether I'm scrolling social media or a Google headline pops up there's something terrible happening. Often it's conjecture of something that might happen. Even more often it's about something that is so statistically small versus the population it's not even news worthy, yet it becomes the top headline.
I'm going to use this recent E. Coli "outbreak" stemming from McDonald's Quarter Pounders (allegedly). So you mean to tell me that one person died and there's 55 cases that MIGHT lead back to some onions and it justifies a 5 minute segment at the top of every news hour? Or maybe the noodles a few months ago from brands I'd never even heard of before and a handful of people supposedly got sick. Hell, even the listeria thing that is still being talked about from August was so few people it's not even a drop in the bucket when compared to the number of consumers.
I don't understand why journalists these days sensationalize literally everything. Ok, so maybe I do but if I say so I'm a conspiracy theorist. Seriously though, what are your thoughts on how media portrays these events as catastrophic yet a hurricane can devistate millions and it's barely a talking point a couple weeks later?
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