• lauha@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    It’s called a rounded number and it’s totally normal in news reporting

    • acockworkorange@mander.xyz
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      4 days ago

      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.