@infobeautiful @ourworldindata
Of course! And besides the terrorism and homicides the only time the media reports cancer, overdoses, heart disease, etc., is when it happens to a celebrity or other well known person.

The data is from 2023, which was during Biden. With the pressure of the #Trump administration in 2025, I imagine the current data to be even more divergent.

@infobeautiful @ourworldindata

Graphs of media vs clinical morbidity & mortality tables always fascinate me.

When someone is banging on about "the southern border" and all these other dire threats, and you ask them to list the top ten things they think will put them in the hospital or grave, they almost always list murder in the top three, and the rest of the list is a hodge-podge of silliness.

When you show them for THEIR ethnicity, gender, and age group what actually does, they waffle

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@infobeautiful @ourworldindata the media is only reporting, “if it bleeds it leads”.

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Better be prepared for MAHA and the anti-vaxxers to warp coverage even further from reality.

@mloxton @infobeautiful @ourworldindata

Yes, I've had this exact conversation multiple times. Feel like I am talking to cultists after a while.

@raymaccarthy @infobeautiful @ourworldindata

Accidents can bleed over into other categories. I know of two coworkers who died commuting that were probably heartattacks/strokes.

@KanaMauna

Definitely a cult

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@mloxton @PizzaDemon @infobeautiful @ourworldindata

killing grandma for the orange god

@PizzaDemon @benroyce @infobeautiful @ourworldindata

I'm afraid stupidity doesn't count as suicide. It must be your wish to die not the result of your wired beliefs.

About the homicide I could agree.

@deusfigendi @PizzaDemon @infobeautiful @ourworldindata

true

our awareness of their stupid choices does not mean they are aware

thank you for the correction

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#MediaNotYourFriend

@infobeautiful diabetes is that low? Damn, that's impressive for the worst food on earth.
Jokes aside they talk that much about homicide but how many times is it to ban guns?

@PattyHanson @infobeautiful @ourworldindata
Occasionally Russians abroad fall out of windows.

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How many deaths 2025 are caused by diseases for which vaccines exist?

@infobeautiful @ourworldindata

How very clever. You are comparing apples to herrings.

If somebody dies from illness in their own or hospital bed, it very seldom is news. Usually no need to be.

If somebody is killed in a terrorism act or murdered, it normally is news. And for a reason.

@benroyce @PizzaDemon @infobeautiful @ourworldindata Same argument could be made for the other diseases listed too. How much heart disease is caused by corporations insisting on a "right" to push cheap, addictive, harmful foods? Or by insurance companies refusing to pay for preventative care? How much of that cancer is caused by the obscene profits made by dumping carcinogens into our environment? How many of those strokes are...actually I dunno enough about the causes of that one...but I'm still pretty sure the billionaires have *something* to do with it! lol

@admin @PizzaDemon @infobeautiful @ourworldindata

strokes are high blood pressure so same as heart disease

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In J-School, first-year students learn the definition of news with the difference between the 'Dog bites man' and 'Man bites dog' headlines. The above is also a great representation. The uninitiated would confuse newsworthiness with perception of importance, as evidenced by the conspiracists (U.S. folks?) in this commentary.

@infobeautiful @ourworldindata I would love to see a similar graphic designed to add one or more comparison countries. E.g., if Canada was added the rates of Heart disease and cancer are probably similar to US, and probably equally ignored in media...