Math is hard. It’s the reporter’s feelings that count.
Its about scaring people so much they beg to take the death shot
Theyve been incredibly successful
It’s not that math is hard. Research is hard. Actual research of statistics and making sense of those numbers takes time, and these articles are written to fan flames on a specific schedule. They can’t waste time looking at statistics from multiple sources, corroborating numbers, or providing citations. That’s for journalism students, not actual journalists!