Homicides went up in 2020 and 2021 and are now rapidly coming back down. Violent crime nationwide hasn’t increased. But the perception of a crime wave still colors U.S. politics.
Homicides went up in 2020 and 2021 and are now rapidly coming back down. Violent crime nationwide hasn’t increased. But the perception of a crime wave still colors U.S. politics.
Probably not since crimes of desperation are on the fall, leaving the really gruesome heinous shit for “if it bleeds it leads” publishers to jump all over.
You might notice coverage of political violence and hate crimes have been on the rise, this ain’t because of a journalistic inclination to cover the problems of society, it’s because violent crime has fallen enough that hate crimes and political violence are a sizeable chunk of what’s left to report on for red journalists.