The constant attempt to portray things as balanced.

[iverglas]

12. man bites dog

Ya gotta admit there is a little of that in the "newsworthiness" aspect of it. A woman serial killer, say, is the real deviant in the crowd (doubly deviant, as a woman and as a serial killer), so she makes the news bigger time.

But yes, sigh, nobody then goes around saying "See? Men bite dogs too! Dogs are victims of men! Just as much as men are victims of dogs! This proves it!", blah blah blah. It's newsworthy precisely because that isn't the case. And yeah, dogs still bite dogs a whole lot more than men bite dogs.


Speaking of fuck, for y'all's amusement:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/117237951#post43