The Media’s Criminal Misreporting on Crime I & I Editorial Board

Two days later, the Bureau of Justice Statistics released the results of its national crime victimization survey, which showed that the number of victims of violent crime was 41% higher in 2023 than in 2020.

‘President Trump, as you know, the FBI says overall violent crime is coming down in this country.”
That was ABC News’ David Muir “fact checking” Donald Trump during his debate with Kamala Harris.

• Two days later, the Bureau of Justice Statistics released the results of its national crime victimization survey, which showed that the number of victims of violent crime was 41% higher in 2023 than in 2020.There were almost 170,000 more rapes, 300,000 more robberies, 1.4 million more assaults, 300,000 more claims of domestic violence, and almost 400,000 more crimes with a violent weapon...
  

But instead of trying to understand the mismatch, the press just treated the public like idiots. 

Here’s a tiny sampling of such headlines:

• “U.S. Stats Show Violent Crime Dramatically Falling, So Why Is There A Rising Clash With Perception?”
• “Americans Fear Crime Despite Downward Trends”
• “New Data Shows Violent Crime Dropping Sharply In Major U.S. Cities”
• “Violent Crime Is Dropping Fast In The U.S. — Even If Americans Don’t Believe It”

Why is the press so insistent on claiming that crime is no big deal?