Op-Ed: Hey, Reporters, Stop Blaming Crashes on the Victims

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By Eve KesslerNov 18, 2019, 12:01 am217 pts
A new academic paper says that if reporters could shift away from victim-blaming news coverage, politicians would be forced to truly address the problem of vehicle violence. A team of researchers found that even subtle differences in how an article is framed greatly affects readers’ interpretation of crashes…

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