Listening to OPB news this week, I heard a story about a triple slaying in Oregon, and a particular factoid caught my ear. I visited OPB’s website and found the attached article, which included the line that had piqued my interest:“Thompson said all four knew each other, and the three victims were unemployed.”
Is the reporter implying that their unemployment was a contributing factor in their deaths? Oregon’s unemployment rate at this time was 12.2%, so being out of work is hardly an exclusive club. Would it have been worthy of note if they were all Democrats? Sagittarians? Fans of ‘Everybody Loves Raymond”? Do unemployed people now have to worry about murder along with rejection, foreclosure, and eventual starvation?
I have reread the article several times, looking for the link between their employment status and their murders. All I could find was the fact that “Thompson” said they were all unemployed---and “Thompson” makes no previous appearance in the article. Thus, I’ll chalk this up to amateur reporting and careless editing.
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