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To: fuddud who wrote (36672)	6/28/2017 8:19:52 AM
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ULTRA FAKE NEWS How news organizations, including this one, unintentionally misinformed the public on guns dallasnews.com SNIP: An eight-paragraph Washington Post article on page 10A reported on a national study about kids and guns. The last sentence said 4.2 percent of American kids have witnessed a shooting in the past year. “Really?” Doud wrote. “Does it really sound believable that one kid out of every 24 has witnessed a shooting in the last year? I think not, unless it was on TV, in a movie, or in a video game. In that case it would probably be more like 100 percent.” His instincts were right. The statistic was not. ... The idea that one in 25 kids witnessed a shooting in the past year was reported around the world, and some of the world probably believed it. ...