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Originally Posted by Zulu29
...There was discussion about reporting of gun use, deaths etc. TC brought up something along the lines that there would likely be more stats but the media doesn't report very often when police use their guns. Seems to me that everything the police do ends up in the news so I didn't really understand/agree with his point.
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Just for clarification, I was not saying that the media is less likely to report police shootings, but what I do firmly believe is that we, their audience are much more likely not to remember every incident reported in which perpetrators are shot by police officers. On the other hand, none of us is likely EVER to forget yesterday, or the Columbine massacre, or Virginia Tech, or the Colorado shooting from the summer. These things definitely mess with our collective perception.