{"id":2540,"date":"2017-02-11T10:55:39","date_gmt":"2017-02-11T18:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackcap.name\/blog\/new\/?p=2540"},"modified":"2017-02-11T10:56:49","modified_gmt":"2017-02-11T18:56:49","slug":"albuquerque-journal-runs-fake-news-on-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackcap.name\/blog\/new\/?p=2540","title":{"rendered":"Albuquerque Journal Runs Fake News on Crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m visiting my parents in New Mexico, and twice I&#8217;ve been struck by articles in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/\">local paper<\/a> hyperventilating about crime. The most recent one is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/947933\/new-da-wants-to-get-system-back-on-track-after-thousands-of-cases-dismissed-by-predecessor.html\">here. <\/a>In short: they&#8217;re pure crap, as shown by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cabq.gov\/mayor\/documents\/abq-crime-presentation-oct-12-2016.pdf\">actual statistics.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Crime <em>is<\/em> higher than national averages both in Albuquerque and in the state of New Mexico. Things have long been such; I remember that being the case when I lived in New Mexico as a teen. Yet, I never felt personally at risk, and I still don&#8217;t when I visit. And, more importantly, the long-term trend in crime, both in New Mexico and nationwide, has been downward.<\/p>\n<p>Claims that &#8220;the crime rate is eye-popping&#8221; are nothing short of fake news. The <em>Albuquerque Journal<\/em> should be ashamed of itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m visiting my parents in New Mexico, and twice I&#8217;ve been struck by articles in the local paper hyperventilating about crime. The most recent one is here. In short: they&#8217;re pure crap, as shown by the actual statistics. Crime is higher than national averages both in Albuquerque and in the state of New Mexico. Things [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackcap.name\/blog\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackcap.name\/blog\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackcap.name\/blog\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackcap.name\/blog\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackcap.name\/blog\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackcap.name\/blog\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackcap.name\/blog\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackcap.name\/blog\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackcap.name\/blog\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}