Summer of the Shark
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summer-of-the-shark-213-1455210
title:
Summer of the Shark
text:
The Summer of the Shark refers to the coverage of shark attacks by American news media in the summer of 2001. The sensationalist coverage of shark attacks began in early July following the Fourth of July weekend shark attack on 8-year-old Jessie Arbogast, and continued almost unabated—despite no evidence for an actual increase in attacks—until the September 11 terrorist attacks shifted the media's attention away from beaches. The Summer of the Shark has since been remembered as an example of tab
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Media sensationalism about sharks in 2001
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_of_the_Shark
date created:
2007-08-11T00:40:44Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T08:03:21Z
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