I love how the map makes it look like the whole us is plaqued by mass killings, with the placards being as large as the state of Connecticut...
this happens with not to scale graphics a lot... make the depiction seem worse than it is....
a graph showing the amount of news coverage would be interesting to see.
Excellent comments.
I’d also like the graphics to show the races/religions/origin country of the perps. In addition, I’d like some honest depiction of how those percentages compare to the general population of the US. Example: If 20% of the perps are black, but only 10% of the population is black, I want that to be prominently displayed and explained. (I’d be willing to bet that more than 20% of the perps are black. And for true mass murders, I’d be willing to bet that muslims and atheists are grossly overrepresented in the perp population.) I’d like to know which incidents involved only total strangers as opposed to lovers’ quarrels, family disputes, barroom brawls, neighbors, co-workers, etc. I’d like to know how many involved drug deals and gang warfare.
Regarding news coverage, I’d like to see the amount of news coverage for white on black crime vs. black on white crime.
I’d also like to see something that shows the number of fake “hate crimes” that turned out to be hoaxes and the coverage for the hate crime stage vs. the coverage for the hoax stage.
That would be a good start. I’m sure there are a lot more statistics and facts that would be enlightening if they were presented honestly.