During a second round of the program, which closed at midnight Friday, 3,000 employees applied to leave the agency, Warner said, following the 870 employees that applied to leave during the first round.
What an odd, round number. No way this isn’t made up.
What an odd, round number. No way this isn’t made up.
It’s called a rounded number and it’s totally normal in news reporting
It’s normal to say a round number in the headline but report the actual figure in the body. Otherwise that’s not reporting, it’s hearsay.