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[-] afunkysongaday@lemmy.world 90 points 8 months ago

Really astonishing what kind of stories people come up with here...

https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/murder-homicide-rate

Look at "annual % change" for 2020/2021 and you should quickly realize that this "historic drop" is actually just a slow recline from the historic rise we just had.

And the framing of this article is just as astonishing. The whole "does anyone even notice" spiel! Amazing.

[-] figaro 9 points 8 months ago

Honestly wtf even is this article. The data is basically saying that it is still increasing, just slower than last year.

[-] sushibowl@feddit.nl 12 points 8 months ago

No, the article is talking about 2022 and 2023 statistics, where there is in fact a drop. The link posted in this comment only shows data up to 2021.

Actually I don't know why they didn't just post the actual source used by the article itself which shows more recent data. Either way, the basic point stands that this "huge drop" is basically a reversion after a large increase in 2020-2021. Things are going "back to normal," so it's kind of stupid to pretend this is something we should all be looking at.

[-] figaro 2 points 8 months ago

Ahh got it. Still a bad article lol

[-] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe 4 points 8 months ago

Propaganda. It's just propaganda.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Reminds me of how the news media frames the deficit, like we're supposed to celebrate when the government puts 1.2 trillion on debt in a year rather than 1.4.

[-] Steeve@lemmy.ca 8 points 8 months ago

And yet the top comment here is clearly someone who didn't even click the link lol

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