Martin Pool's blog

Chomsky on a motorcycle

Interesting example of framing in today's Age:

The man and woman died because their car struck a pole; the motorcyclist died when he struck a pole. Blame is imputed to the car rather than its driver, but to the rider rather than to his vehicle.

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