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Old 10-01-09, 09:44 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by SteamWake View Post
Actually its a little of both I think. The more you see it the more you become numb to it. The number society becomes to violent acts the more of them you see.

It is not at all uncommon for a news outlet to 'buy' exclusive rights to a news story. Its up to the individual with the story to choose whom to sell those rights... usually to the highest bidder.

But I dont recall Beck even mentioning this story but then again I dont watch him religiously.
I was thinking that because video is more visceral than print, the emotional impact of the video makes the problem seem larger than it is.

http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/ojstatbb/nr20...s/chapter3.pdf

The graph on page 4 only goes to 2002, but it shows that juvenile murder rates are at their lowest since 1984.

And here's Glenn Beck in his attempt to break the record for most falsehoods uttered in ten minutes, previously held by...Glenn Beck.


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