🎙️ NEW EPISODE: SEEING RED?

Why Political Violence Charts May Mislead Us

🎧 Now streaming on The Arrogant Independent

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🧠 What It’s About:

When The Economist published a clean, color-coded chart showing decades of political violence convictions in America, it looked like objective truth. But beneath the red, black, gray, and beige bars lies a deeper story about bias, omission, and how data can be shaped by the system itself.

In this episode, Shawn Havens breaks down:

✔️ Why relying on court convictions alone distorts the true scale of ideological violence

✔️ How media bias, law enforcement priorities, and delayed prosecutions skew the data

✔️ Why public perception is so easily manipulated by a well-designed chart

✔️ What datasets like CSIS, ADL, and START reveal that The Economist leaves out

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🔍 Key Quote:

“Conviction data is real — but it’s not the whole truth. If prosecution is shaped by politics, then so is the picture the chart paints.”

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Why It Matters:

In an era of polarization, the way we interpret data shapes policy, public opinion, and national unity. Misleading visuals can fuel the fire — even when the numbers are technically accurate. This episode calls for deeper media literacy, more transparency, and a commitment to reality over rhetoric.

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📖 Read the Full Report:

“Seeing Red? A Critical Analysis of Political Violence Data in the United States”

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TfBcFTdqgJOpTYUnGXlM8fhtjt6m5r5w/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=111018917453627434082&rtpof=true&sd=true

Listen to the Audio of the Full Report

“Seeing Red? A Critical Analysis of Political Violence Data in the United States”

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ht0odq0rpkBS6FchKZ3Zcceanph7LQ3a/view?usp=sharing

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🎧 LISTEN NOW:

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🎙️ The Arrogant Independent – With Shawn Havens

🗳️ Truth over Tribe. Data over Drama.

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