Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Adam H. Kerman" Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Bad reporting Hazards to Homeless article Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 14:03:55 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 28 Message-ID: Injection-Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 16:03:55 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="bff6f18248d8bf56255101963b6beb69"; logging-data="3200823"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19wcHWP5sjG3C6IjWxNse7/Oa9phHgP9CE=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:HZxgdd/IJ8At2iMcV9/oxVr4RzQ= X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Bytes: 2232 Uptown viaduct fire reminder of hazards to homeless: 'There really is no peace' By Caroline Kubzansky and Rebecca Johnson Chicago Tribune April 13, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/13/uptown-viaduct-fire-reminder-of-hazards-to-homeless-there-really-is-no-peace/ Despite the headline, we learn IN THE THIRD PARAGRAPH that the hazard in question to other homeless people was from a homeless woman who, with either reckless disregard or murderous intent, set her own tent on fire, which led to all the other tents catching fire fire. Note that one of the homeless men interviewed stated that the area under the viaduct is usually fried, so there are fires set repeatedly. That headline was misleading, and I'd say who set the fire should have been stated in the first paragraph. In paragraph six, the murder of a well-known homeless man (who walked without disturbing others rather than just sitting in a doorway) was conflated. But the crime against him was attempted murder by someone who was not homeless; he was set on fire while sleeping. It became a murder as he later died of injuries sustained. This was just bad reporting entirely. The danger from homeless encampments under viaducts is that one or more individuals will set fires, and fires spread. Gee. Fires can even destroy viaducts. Maybe allowing "permanent" encampments once people start fires is horrifically bad public policy.