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[–] lauha@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 3 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.