tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post4595287961793729183..comments2024-03-22T06:05:36.544-04:00Comments on Kids Prefer Cheese: If It Bleeds, It LeadsMungowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02340064320347875601noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-61844926021325743642013-11-30T09:47:16.144-05:002013-11-30T09:47:16.144-05:00I would suggest that the response depends on neith...I would suggest that the response depends on neither the number of fatalities nor the number of survivors. It will correlate nicely with the volume of news coverage.<br /><br />This yields an answer to the proposed question: government will be about as rational as the collective electorate, as guided by the sensationalist press.<br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08574355302581451838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-11608113737838139102013-11-29T18:19:30.413-05:002013-11-29T18:19:30.413-05:00What is the correlation between the two?What is the correlation between the two?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-75643719386817403432013-11-29T08:53:26.469-05:002013-11-29T08:53:26.469-05:00Theory in attempt to claim that this could be rati...Theory in attempt to claim that this could be rational:<br /><br />Perhaps claims of how many people we <i>could</i> help, and how effective it would be, (or even reports of how much monetary damages were sustained) are much more subject to inaccuracy than reports of how many people have already died, which tend to be the most accurate.John Thackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15269867695937765049noreply@blogger.com