At one time there was a newsman in the 1970's on KOB Radio by the name of Peter Wellish. He had a daily much listened too newscast and he came up with the idea of a "Murder Meter" for our city. Everytime someone got bumped off he would ring a bell and notify us of where the number on the Murder Meter now stood. It was funny and sad at the same time.
The Albuquerque Journal did their annual compilation of murders in our city this morning. The big message here is that the story makes many media outlets look unfair because it appears that the North East Heights and Westside have many more murders than the downtown/university area. And yet most people are still led to believe and do believe that downtown in unsafe. I think that is because when the media reports a murder case they will always say, "Another murder in downtown Albuquerque on the News at 10PM!" I never see them say, "Another murder in the far north east heights on the News at 10pm!" Simply, this is just stereotyping certain parts of the city. Too bad!
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