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    Wink media getting you scared?

    "New terror camp names" "Stockpile of chemicals found in shopping mall"
    "Jail boss alarmed at cleric's activities" "Five charged over courthouse
    attack" "Buying in bulk drew attention" - hysterical headlines about terrorism that purports to be news but is really a carefully-calibrated portfolio of stories calculated to whip up fear.

    But as lawyer Julian Burnside, QC points out, the response should be proportionate to the threat - and the likelihood of a Westerner dying from jihadist violence is around 0.0001%. By contrast, the annual probability of an Australian dying of smoking-related causes is 0.1%. Or as economics commentator Ross Gittins notes, Americans are almost nine times more likely to die falling off a ladder than in a terrorist attack.

    If govt and media response to Australia's biggest problems were based on
    reality, probability and relativity, the top five headlines might read something like this:
    "Govt's new laws to reduce road toll" "Moves to double price of cigarettes" "Suicide research grants quadrupled" "Push to increase cancer funding" "Death: as easy as falling off a ladder".

    The above items from Crikey.com.au today
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    Quote eve
    "New terror camp names" "Stockpile of chemicals found in shopping mall"
    If govt and media response to Australia's biggest problems were based on
    reality, probability and relativity, the top five headlines might read something like this:
    "Govt's new laws to reduce road toll" "Moves to double price of cigarettes" "Suicide research grants quadrupled" "Push to increase cancer funding" "Death: as easy as falling off a ladder".

    The above items from Crikey.com.au today

    LOL...totally. That's funny. Sounds like Aussies have the same probs as Americans.

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    I just ignore the media, the latest hysteria is about the weather....apparently it's going to be so cold this winter that it will bring on another ice age and we are all going to die
    Silent but deadly :p

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    that's the bugger of it. we can't ignore the media. they're soooo busy running around brain-washing everyone that the rest of us have to keep getting out the reality of everything. unfortunately we don't have the same money...contacts...
    rax

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    Default Re: media getting you scared?

    Quote eve
    "New terror camp names" "Stockpile of chemicals found in shopping mall"
    "Jail boss alarmed at cleric's activities" "Five charged over courthouse
    attack" "Buying in bulk drew attention" - hysterical headlines about terrorism that purports to be news but is really a carefully-calibrated portfolio of stories calculated to whip up fear.

    But as lawyer Julian Burnside, QC points out, the response should be proportionate to the threat - and the likelihood of a Westerner dying from jihadist violence is around 0.0001%. By contrast, the annual probability of an Australian dying of smoking-related causes is 0.1%. Or as economics commentator Ross Gittins notes, Americans are almost nine times more likely to die falling off a ladder than in a terrorist attack.

    If govt and media response to Australia's biggest problems were based on
    reality, probability and relativity, the top five headlines might read something like this:
    "Govt's new laws to reduce road toll" "Moves to double price of cigarettes" "Suicide research grants quadrupled" "Push to increase cancer funding" "Death: as easy as falling off a ladder".

    The above items from Crikey.com.au today
    This is so true! Good news isn't news I guess.

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