A single number is not a rate.
somebody hired.....one of the rioters to write headlines for the local tv station...
A number per month is a rate. (X/t)
Innumeracy among modern journalists is expected. Not knowing the difference between a count and a rate would be an indicator thereof.
There was a saying about the Baltimore Whore: "One a day in Tampa Bay".
For those in Baltimore, it's more than 1.43 a day in May.
No but its a start journalists are crap today writers too most news org get most things wrong sidewalks are concrete not cement all truck crashes are not jackknifes
Exactly. A single number is not a rate. The media is a victim of its own dumbing-down-America process.
Stupid is as stupid reports.