{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"scoot (scoot)'s status on Friday, 11-Jul-14 14:48:57 UTC","author_name":"scoot (scoot)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/scoot","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3522554","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/6761\" class=\"url\" title=\"Pony\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">pony<\/span><\/a><\/span> Did you even read the article, by the way? &quot;The meme said &quot;there are over 2,000 crimes recorded per 100,000 population in the U.K.,&quot; compared to &quot;466 violent crimes per 100,000&quot; in the United States. Our preliminary attempt to make an apples-to-apples comparison shows a much smaller difference in violent crime rates between the two countries, but criminologists say differences in how the statistics are collected make it impossible to produce a truly valid comparison. We rate the claim False.&quot;"}