The whole way media treats numbers is more than tiring: "X increased by Y" Sure... but: - What's the relative increase? - Is this increase out of the ordinar

The whole way media treats numbers is more than tiring: "X increased by Y" Sure... but: - What's the relative increase? - Is this increase out of the ordinary? Annually? Globally? But I don't think this is some sort of conspiracy. Rather: Most journalists are not very smart.