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When journalists don’t know math: Exhibit A

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A while ago, I wrote about the importance of knowing simple arithmetic, how I taught math in a second-year fundamentals of reporting course at Carleton University’s journalism school.

In that blog post, I wrote that simple mathematical errors can damage credibility and lead a reader to lose focus on the whole report. 

A perfect example was today’s report from CBC Ottawa on its analysis of police salaries in the city. The oval highlights are mine.

 

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Please tell me you can spot the error.

 (Note: Since I grabbed this shot of the error, CBC has corrected the error.)



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