More shootings, more shootings, more shootings ...

And more mass killings.

But Fox News ignores them, since they were not committed by Muslims. I mean, read it and see what you think!

Meanwhile, if these folks were Muslims, we'd call it terrorism. So why don't we?

After all, "according to the New America Foundation, as of April of this year, 21 people had been killed in the United States in attacks motivated by Islamic extremism since 9/11. Meanwhile, 34 people had been killed by right-wing extremist attacks during the same time period." See?

Looks to me like even school shootings are a greater threat than terrorism!

 

This map shows every school shooting since Sandy Hook

What kills kids?

It is a horrible tragedy when children die.

No matter how they die.

But when the media focus on some forms of killing--devoting page after page and hour after hour to some forms of killing, while ignoring others--it creates misconceptions of what actually puts out kids at the most risk.

This is the lead story in USA Today right now.





Its story and its graphic are extensive. And important.

But they create the false impression that our kids are likely to die in a mass killing (for example, a school shooting).

But these events appear nowhere on the actual leading causes of death for young people.

So the media share major blame for why people fear the wrong things. And prepare to protect themselves from the wrong things, as well.