I find articles like this dubious when they state an outlandish claim, even if supported by a study, and make 0 effort to explain or justify the results. Instea

I find articles like this dubious when they state an outlandish claim, even if supported by a study, and make 0 effort to explain or justify the results. Instead appealing to the implied authority of said study, that the reader is apparently expected to unquestioningly believe. That number is obviously going to be controversial. How was it calculated? What assumptions were made? In their own article every single other source they reference provided higher numbers. How much higher? What were the exact reasons for the discrepancy? They did state that other studies showed higher earnings because "there are numerous ways to report income and to calculate costs and time and miles spent on the job." Why did this study report lower income, more miles, or higher costs? I wish the job of journalism was still to inform people, and not just to get people to click on things.