When I wrote for Law & Order, we fake-murdered more people on all three shows than were actually murdered in NYC that year. And that was just three shows on one network.
Murder mysteries make good stories. But they’re just stories.
You’re safer than you think.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/u.... The right continues to create false narratives to further divide us.
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The Number of Murders Kept Falling This Year, But Fear of Crime Persists (Gift Article)
Crime was a talking point on the presidential campaign trail. But after a spike during the pandemic, murders have been dropping steadily, including in big cities like Chicago and San Francisco.