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The usage of term 'Extinct' in the content is confusing. There are no more Sumatran Rhino in Malaysia, there are about 100 expected to live in the islands of In
by Abishek_Muthian 7y ago
The usage of term 'Extinct' in the content is confusing. There are no more Sumatran Rhino in Malaysia, there are about 100 expected to live in the islands of Indonesia.
- briefcomment 7y agoThe use of the "extinct" in this context seems disingenuous then. Probably explainable by the likely fact that "extinct" in a headline will attract clicks.
- briefcomment 7y agoTo whoever downvoted the above, I don't think we view a town becoming a ghost town as an "extinction". As long as the species still exists, it seems inaccurate to use the term extinct. "Dwindling", "near extinction", "increasingly endangered" all seem more accurate in this context. Only reason I call this disingenuous is that it was probably a "cynical" decision to decrease accuracy in return for clicks.
- dang 7y agoThe submitted title ("The Sumatran rhino is now officially extinct in Malaysia") was taken from the article's subheading, which is a great place to look when a title is baity or misleading. In this case, though, the article title seems more precise, so we've switched to that above.