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... com special report on crime in the NBA, published yesterday, reveals something that may surprise experts like Newsweeks sports editor, Mark Starr – NBA players have a much lower arrest rate than American men in general. ...
"I think the biggest stereotype we have in athletics today is that athletes – particularly in the NBA and the NFL – are on the verge of becoming criminal elements in our society," says Richard Lapchick, director of the Center for the Study of Sport in Society at Northeastern University, in the APBNews. ... The sports pages are full of crime, drug incidents and assaults on women. ... "
Their logic is circular, and lazy, because they assume that an increase in media coverage equals an increase in crime. ...
One potential Ray Lewis juror says about athlete crime reports: "It was just something I was tired of. ...
nfortunately, Newsweek’s report is only one example of misleading coverage of athletes and crime.
Approximate Word count = 1253
Approximate Pages = 5
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