[glorgau]

It’s a good thing they have a real newsroom with editors so no fake stories get out!

Not.

[Steve_Seattle]

"It’s a good thing they have a real newsroom with editors so no fake stories get out!"

Right after the election, when the media were all-in on the "Trump-inspired hate crimes" theme, the Seattle Times ran an article claiming that there were 5,800 anti-Muslim hate crimes in the US last year. I knew that was way off, because I occasionally check the FBI hate crime statistics. The actual figure for anti-Muslim hate crimes was about 260; the 5,800 figure was the total of ALL hate crimes.

Why can a know-nothing like me immediately recognize an incorrect statistic, but no editor at the Seattle Times can recognize it?