The Atlantic Daily: Knife Attacks in France and Japan, Gun Deaths in the U.S., Hillary Makes History
What We’re Following The Violence in France and Japan: Two men with knives attacked a church in Normandy this morning, killing a priest and injuring one other person. ISIS has taken credit, making this the fourth terrorist attack France has suffered in less than two years—and the second in less than two weeks. Across the globe, Japan suffered its deadliest attack in decades last night, when a man killed 19 and injured 25 in a stabbing rampage at a facility for the disabled. But meanwhile, a new paper argues that disproportionate coverage of extreme tragedies can make the world seem worse than it is.
