The world is not falling apart: The trend lines reveal an increasingly peaceful period in history.

The world is not falling apart: The trend lines reveal an increasingly peaceful period in history..

“Too much of our impression of the world comes from a misleading formula of journalistic narration. Reporters give lavish coverage to gun bursts, explosions, and viral videos, oblivious to how representative they are and apparently innocent of the fact that many were contrived as journalist bait. Then come sound bites from “experts” with vested interests in maximizing the impression of mayhem: generals, politicians, security officials, moral activists. The talking heads on cable news filibuster about the event, desperately hoping to avoid dead air. Newspaper columnists instruct their readers on what emotions to feel.”

 

What America’s police departments don’t want you to know – The Washington Post

What America’s police departments don’t want you to know – The Washington Post.

“According to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report, in 2013 there were 461 “justifiable homicides” by police

Four paragraphs down:

“Most cops perform capably and honorably in a stressful, dangerous job; 27 were killed in 2013, according to the FBI”

That’s a 17 to 1 ratio.  Whose fear is justified?