Mxsmanic wrote:
writes:

The BLS numbers are updated every year about this time.

The CNN article is just the usual breathless media hype with no
analysis of the data and an eye catching conclusion.

I didn't really see much in the way of hype in the article.

You don't "see" much of anything that I can tell.

You also have to keep in mind that the total number of work-related
fatalities for the year was 5,702, which is everyone not in the
military, while the number of traffic deaths was 42,642.

So, on the average, you are about 7.5 times more likely go get
killed driving to and from the airport as you are flying.

You've completely overlooked the number of flights versus the number of car
trips. You can't really criticize CNN when you are so much more careless
yourself.

Ignorant slut, read it again, this time for comprehension.

5,702 is the total number of people that died on the job in the US
in a year. All jobs. All occupations.

The last word of the sentence was a typo, it should have "on the job".

If you were able to comprehend English, you would have noticed that.

And, if you concider there are about 300,000,000 people in the US,
your chance of getting killed in traffic is about 1 in 7000.

See above. You're essentially pulling numbers out of a hat, even as you
criticize the news media for citing statistics.

Yeah, a hat called the US Census Bureau, the Bueau of Labor Statistics,
and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

And you are twisting words again.

I have no problem with media for citing statistics, though the statistics
are seldom in context, I have a problem with media editorializing on
statistics with no analysis.

But since you have reading comprehension problems with English, it is
no surprise you came to that conclusion.


--
Jim Pennino

Remove .spam.sux to reply.