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		quantummagic 60 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What Americans die from vs. what the news reports ... People who don't watch the news are uninformed. People who watch the news are misinformed. The news lies. In many subtle and not so subtle ways; due to incompetence, bias, misguided good intentions, politics, money, and evil conspiracies.

somenameforme 60 days ago [–]

Another typical way of expressing it: Dog bites man isn't news, man bites dog is. Literally. [1]

[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h_5Zgms5EY

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