"Thousands"'nWTF is wrong with the press.
			
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I saw that... what is going on at the BBC? The Guardian did it better.
The Guardian:Millions across all 50 US states march in No Kings protests against Trump
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/18/no-kings-protests-events-states
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@petergleick Dozens, even.
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@petergleick Yeah, this is false reporting. They might try to hide behind "technically true", but that's just not how we communicate numbers. If a government program was projected to cost roughly $9 million, would the headline say it cost "thousands of dollars"?
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“There must be *thousands* of them!”
“*Hundreds* of thousands.”
“One million seven hundred seventy one thousand five hundred sixty one.” - 
@petergleick yeah, y’know, like 1000 thousands times seven
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