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Grins

(7,227 posts) Mon Oct 10, 2022, 10:09 AM Oct 2022

If you missed John Oliver last night ...

Posting on this forum for visibility.

It's on the myth of rising crime rates and the not-myths of police propaganda and funding.

You can find it on DU on the homepage. or on the video page.

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If you missed John Oliver last night ... (Original Post) Grins Oct 2022 OP

John Oliver is such a great, in-depth, accurate reporter. BlueGreenLady Oct 2022 #1

Why one should always wait to hear the full story Sympthsical Oct 2022 #2

BlueGreenLady

(2,824 posts)

1. John Oliver is such a great, in-depth, accurate reporter.

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Mon Oct 10, 2022, 10:33 AM

Oct 2022

Thanks for posting, I'll check it out.

Sympthsical

(9,096 posts)

2. Why one should always wait to hear the full story

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Mon Oct 10, 2022, 10:49 AM

Oct 2022

So many news stories - particularly with social media - get a full course press on them in the first 24 hours. People scrambling to set the narrative. Then a few days or weeks elapse, and it turns out not to have been what was claimed. Does anyone care at that point? No. And those false understandings of events can last and be perpetuated for a very long time.

Always important to remember. Headlines are Page 1. Corrections, when they happen at all, are Page 30.

That Fraternal Order of Police guy with the Laquan McDonald killing was just yikes.

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