Are we all overreacting to everyday news?

[PoleDriver]

Yes, I know I've started a couple of threads myself but...
The news seems to be full of horrendous stories over the last month. Are we experiencing an increase in bombings/kidnaps/stabbings/shootings or are we merely experiencing an increase in the reporting thereof?

[Foliage]

We were talking about this at work earlier, interestingly, id come to the perhaps silly conclusion that the mass media doesn't want us traveling.

[ikarl]

A bit of both I believe

I think there are slightly more newsworthy 'incidents' on a weekly basis and people (us) just seem to be a bit more in tune with the news nowadays - in most news stories hitting the headlines, some of the stuff is better than the movies - 19 stabbed to death in Japan, people shot in a nightclub in Florida, Priest with his throat slit IN A CHURCH in France, Bernies' MIL kidnapped in Brazil... etc etc.

you couldn't make us some of this st

[Smollet]

Massive overreaction coupled with the desire to post on social media to show how much you care

[rscott]

Agreed. Take the postings about the Germany hospital shooting (or even the kebab shop stabbing). Germany has over 2,000 murders a year (or did back in 2012) , so these events have always been happening, but there's an assumption by large parts of the media and some on here that they're terrorist acts (and usually by a certain religion).

[iphonedyou]

PoleDriver said:

Yes, I know I've started a couple of threads myself but...

Just twelve minutes before this one, in fact.

[funkyrobot]

The media need to keep things 'hot' to sell us their rubbish.

[superkartracer]

PoleDriver said:

Yes, I know I've started a couple of threads myself but...
The news seems to be full of horrendous stories over the last month. Are we experiencing an increase in bombings/kidnaps/stabbings/shootings or are we merely experiencing an increase in the reporting thereof?

Nope , this is just the start.

[steveo3002]

funkyrobot said:

The media need to keep things 'hot' to sell us their rubbish.

yep just desperate to sell

if they reported every kiddie fiddler or dog attack worldwide it would sound all OMG

[rscott]

superkartracer said:

PoleDriver said:

Yes, I know I've started a couple of threads myself but...
The news seems to be full of horrendous stories over the last month. Are we experiencing an increase in bombings/kidnaps/stabbings/shootings or are we merely experiencing an increase in the reporting thereof?

Nope , this is just the start.

Germany averages over 5 murders a day, every day (based on 2012 figures). Are we really seeing an increase, or is the media just hypersensitive at present?

[superkartracer]

Yeah , sell free news

[Thankyou4calling]

Here is an interesting chart showing the number of terrorist deaths in Europe in the last 45 years.

Clearly one death is too many but it does put some perspective on things.

[rallycross]

superkartracer said:

Yeah , sell free news

Yes and get more clicks and make more money from your ad network

[Terminator X]

Big planet, small minority events reported as if Armagedon has arrived then replicated massively on social media (modern phenomenon of course). Sit back, relax, go about business as normal imho.

TX.

Edit - arguably and perhaps ironically we live in the safest time vs modern history given lack of world wars etc.

Edited by Terminator X on Tuesday 26th July 13:20

[p1stonhead]

Fear is valuable commodity.

[PoleDriver]

iphonedyou said:

PoleDriver said:

Yes, I know I've started a couple of threads myself but...

Just twelve minutes before this one, in fact.

Yes, that is what prompted this thread!

[Digga]

p1stonhead said:

Fear is valuable commodity.

Control and fear. Fear and control.

Religion, climate, terrorism.

[The Don of Croy]

Thankyou4calling said:

Here is an interesting chart showing the number of terrorist deaths in Europe in the last 45 years.

Clearly one death is too many but it does put some perspective on things.

I'd question that chart - 1988 was a bloody year, but I cannot recall that many Brits dying even including Lockerbie (40+) and the Troubles.

[jjlynn27]

Absolutely not. If anything we are underreacting. It's really not like we waiting for these stories just to say 'look, told you so!' 'It's started !'.
I think we should be more vigilant. Better safe than sorry.

[superkartracer]

rscott said:

superkartracer said:

PoleDriver said:

Yes, I know I've started a couple of threads myself but...
The news seems to be full of horrendous stories over the last month. Are we experiencing an increase in bombings/kidnaps/stabbings/shootings or are we merely experiencing an increase in the reporting thereof?

Nope , this is just the start.

Germany averages over 5 murders a day, every day (based on 2012 figures). Are we really seeing an increase, or is the media just hypersensitive at present?

Only because the security forces do such a good job ( all over ) .