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I don't know if it's media bias, media stupidity, or the pure degradation of journalism; but one thing I do know is that every headline writer should have to explain how the f*** they create a story's headline.

For Example:
Headline -U.S.
‘Really Big’ Earthquake Is Coming, Striking 7 Million People in the Worst Natural Disaster in North American History
Newsweek Dana Dovey,Newsweek 6 hours ago


Opening Paragraph(emphasis mine): The last time the Juan de Fuca oceanic plate jolted under the North American plate, unleashing a 9.0 earthquake, was in 1700. With the event scheduled to happen once every 500 years or so, we are due for another any day now. Although it's not clear what will happen when this mega quake does hit, researchers at the University of Washington recently presented 50 possible scenarios of how the event might unfold.
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Ok, so either there is a typo and it should read every 300 years or so, OR
being due for a jolt any day now covers roughly 183 years.

Either way the headline is cataclysmic and the final line of the article tells the real truth:
Oral history of Native American tribes living on the Pacific West Coast in 1700 describe entire tribes being swept away with post-earthquake tsunamis, but 500 years of geological and technological advancements point to the next quake being far less devastating. [minor lol that even in this conclusion the author is writing for the year 2200 (1700+500)]

crazy bad headline/fearmongering article with absolutely no merit (I gave the citation, but I don't see the point in actually linking it)