crash not accident
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Words Apparently Matter When It Comes To Car Crashes
The headline on this blog used the word car “crashes,” not “accidents,” because words matter. That is the conclusion of a study conducted by researchers from Texas A&M and Rutgers University about how “minor changes in crash coverage can shift a reader’s perceptions of what happened and what to do about it.”
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There Are No Accidents
Earlier this week morning commuters witnessed a gruesome scene at a busy Brooklyn intersection. An SUV struck several vehicles then hit a cyclist, tangling the bike’s frame in its tyres. The cyclist died immediately, his body covered in a white sheet in the middle of the road. Still, many news outlets reported what happened as…