it's not only the media. it's just a figure of speech, (used like some people (ab)use "literally"), which I am sure you know, considering your profile, or even

it's not only the media. it's just a figure of speech, (used like some people (ab)use "literally"), which I am sure you know, considering your profile, or even otherwise. other people than the media use it too: e.g. this Rob Pike post about Go (the programming language, not the game you like): Less is exponentially more https://commandcenter.blogspot.com/2012/06/less-is-exponentially-more.html?m=1 https://commandcenter.blogspot.com/2012/06/less-is-exponenti...