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From Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News: Alcohol plays a role in many murders, assaults, and motor-vehicle crashes, but rarely gets mentioned in media reports on such incidents, according to researchers at Ohio State University. Researchers looked at about 1,000 newspaper stories, 550 TV news programs, and 72 magazine issues. "People's perceptions of risk are strongly shaped by what they see in the media, so many people may have distorted views about the risks of alcohol use," said study co-author Michael Slater. "If the media doesn't report on the link between alcohol and violent crime and accidents, most people won't be fully aware of the risks."
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