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Stephen Pinker once made the point that “dog bites man” is not news. Rather, “man bites dog” is news.

Still, the following excerpt from Bruce Schneier’s essay Should Terrorism Be Reported in the News caught me by surprise, not because I disagree, but because it’s so true it shouldn’t have felt counterintuitive:

One of the things I routinely tell people is that if it’s in the news, don’t worry about it. By definition, “news” means that it hardly ever happens. If a risk is in the news, then it’s probably not worth worrying about. When something is no longer reported — automobile deaths, domestic violence — when it’s so common that it’s not news, then you should start worrying.