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[–] AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not everyone has the privilege of their family members making it to their 80s or later. Heart disease, diabetes, cancer. I've had family members die in their 40s, 50s, 60s, but almost never later than 70s.

Why does it matter if journalists report on this stuff more? Because a crazy amount of people are dying from these top causes, and they are not just "shit that happens." They have causes, and they are preventable.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 hours ago

Yeah, so have you dug into the stats to find out the percentage of those people that are dying from heart disease that are over 70?

Also what is considered an article about terrorism? If the NYT mentions 9/11 in one sentence in an article does that become an article about people dying of terrorism?

The methodology of gathering and compiling data in statistics is relevant, and that's before we get into analysis.

As Mark Twain said, "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." This graph is likely way more biased than the implied accusation of bias leveled on the NYT could ever be.