00BeardedTerror t1_j2bgg4o wrote on December 31, 2022 at 12:40 AM

951 construction workers died on the job in 2021 alone. The year before that, 1,008. These numbers were 14 and 15% lower than average because of Covid lockdowns and job site shutdowns. This is just fatal job site accident deaths, this does not include deaths from occupational diseases. You hear that?

That’s the sound of Crickets.

JournalistMiddle527 t1_j2bo465 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 1:37 AM

How many of those construction workers were shot or executed? You can't really compare accidental deaths to murders, maybe comparison of the deaths in Qatar workers building the stadium is a more fair comparison or where there is a malicious lack of health and safety regulations.

Responsible-War-9389 t1_j2bhfan wrote on December 31, 2022 at 12:47 AM

Well journalists happen to be the ones who write articles (or work closely with those who do), so I guess that’s part of the reason.

TheGruntingGoat t1_j2bkoxo wrote on December 31, 2022 at 1:11 AM

Also the journalists are dying of murder, not accidents. Context matters.

lurkermuch12 t1_j2c5zg6 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 3:55 AM

The occupational disease of journalists is assassination/murder. Can you say the same for construction workers?

MrEyepatch t1_j2c1g1w wrote on December 31, 2022 at 3:18 AM

Maybe comparing percentages would be more apt wouldn't be? I bet there are way more construction workers than there are journalists.

MessiSahib t1_j2ca97b wrote on December 31, 2022 at 4:31 AM

Yep. News media constantly pat itself on the back, and take glory from a tiny portion of journalists that take actual risks and paints the entire industry with the glory of their work.

Most of the journalists, are too busy selecting news that fit their readers viewpoints, using their wild imagination to create headlines, use all of their education to pump in opinions in news, all to get more clicks/retweets/subscription.