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IntermittentCaribu t1_j29r664 wrote

Without comparative reference, this is a worthless number. How many non-journalists were killed in the last 20 years? Is the probability of getting killed higher as a journalist or non-journalist?

Im not doing the research the article was suposed to do.

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Cautious-Doughnut-83 t1_j29sjsl wrote

It doesn’t make sense to compare the number of journalists killed to the number of non journalists killed in this situation. Obviously the number of non journalists would be much much higher. These two groups of people are also largely being killed for different reasons. Why do you think this is a worthless number?

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IntermittentCaribu t1_j29t8ho wrote

> Obviously the number of non journalists would be much much higher.

The goal would be to compare the percentages. Are you more likely to get killed in Syria as a journalist or as a used car salesman? If its the same, what is the point of this article? Dont go to Syria?

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gamest01 t1_j2acmy6 wrote

I am not sure why you are getting downvoted. I thought the same thing. How many journalist in total were there in the last 20 years? And how does the percentage of killed compare with percentage of non journalist killed?

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