Something I find wonderful about the OP is that the emphasis is on the humanity. It's not that the news outlet is lying, it's that they are human and making a

Something I find wonderful about the OP is that the emphasis is on the humanity. It's not that the news outlet is lying, it's that they are human and making a very human mistake. The OP's argument is that, even when the human working with numbers has the best intentions and plenty of relevant experience, it's really easy to fall victim to the "numbers are objective reality" fallacy.