Words like this drive engagement. Many journalists also don't have statistical training. I wrote a financial media literacy guide for precisely this reason: >

Words like this drive engagement. Many journalists also don't have statistical training. I wrote a financial media literacy guide for precisely this reason: > Extreme Language: Articles use extreme language to represent price movements, as these engage readers (e.g., meltdown, bloodbath, crash, massacre, topple), but are often statistically suspect https://github.com/nemild/hack-the-media/blob/master/financial-media-guide.md https://github.com/nemild/hack-the-media/blob/master/financi... Some other good notes in this article: Context Matters. The Stock Market Drop Is Less Scary Than It Seems. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/upshot/context-matters-the-stock-market-drop-is-less-scary-than-it-seems.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/upshot/context-matters-th...