# Newspaper reporting that makes you want to bang your head against a wall

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**Created:** [June 4, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newspaper-reporting-that-makes-you-want-to-bang-your-head-against-a-wall/624091 "2012-06-04T22:48:27Z")\
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Title: Immune System Glitch Linked to Greater Risk of Death

Ok, maybe they got a little too terse, But here’s the first sentence:

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> People with a certain flaw in their immune system are up to four times more likely to die than people who don’t have this “glitch,” a new study indicates

Funny, I thought that everyone had an approximately 100% chance of death. Do some people die more than once?

:smack:

What stupid lines have you seen in the news lately? (Try to keep it non-political, so this thread stays in MPSIMS)