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On Sat, 13 Apr 2024 14:03:55 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
<ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

>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.

Accurate and honest reporting is dead.  Everything is selling an
agenda and propaganda.