Bloomberg Bias

Odd crime comparison:

Rio de Janeiro state, with a population of 8 million, had 6,620 murders in 2005, or 42 per 100,000 people, according to recent government figures. That compares with a rate of 35.4 per 100,000 in Washington, D.C., according to 2005 figures from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The Washington DC (pop 580k) murder rate is 7x the national average - no where else even comes close.

Why not compare New York City a population of 8.1 million and a murder rate of 6.6 per 100,000?