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Rich Manieri: The media is missing the story on violent crime

“It’s interesting when people die,” wrote Don Henley in the anti-media-sensationalism song “Dirty Laundry” back in 1982. Not much has changed since. There are more media outlets and platforms than ever, but tragedy still sells. Mass shootings generate extensive media coverage, and understandably so. Murders committed in unusual or sensational circumstances get covered because true […]