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factual error - "almost a third of the unconnected are in India". It should be "almost a quarter of the unconnected are in india.". 0.9B of 3.5B. There are ~55
by prtsh 7y ago
factual error - "almost a third of the unconnected are in India". It should be "almost a quarter of the unconnected are in india.". 0.9B of 3.5B.
There are ~550M internet users in India (2019), that leaves out ~750 million unconnected users. 150M less than 0.9B.
There are other factual errors as well. Real sloppy journalism.
- kumarm 7y agoThe article is from 2018 as mentioned in title.
- prtsh 7y ago2018? then it is "even more" incorrect. What's up with the downvotes? The journalist hasn't done the math and has blown up the numbers to increase the significance of the article. This is a real pervasive problem.
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- prtsh 7y agoLet's try to have a healthy criticism here, both sides, starting with the article in hand. There is no denying that India is at the frontier, but at least we can maintain a basic level of sanity when it comes to quantifying by how much "India is at the forefront".