How well informed are NYT readers?

If you read every word of the New York Times over the last 52 years, how often have you stumbled across the phrase "black homicide rate?"

One of the most important facts to understand about modern America is the racial gap in crime rate.

For example, how could you hold a rational opinion about the George Floyd brouhaha without being informed of the extraordinary racial gap in homicidal crime?

But the mainstream media has been reluctant to be honest about the differences.

The phrase “black homicide rate” has appeared exactly three times in the 174 year history of the New York Times:

The first and most informative New York Times article about the black homicide rate was in 1973 at the dawn of Data Journalism:

Murder Rate for Blacks in City 8 Times That for White Victims

Paywall here on September 1, 2025: