In reporting yesterday’s big news that 30 to 50% of global food isn’t eaten, many headline writers focused on the higher figure. Here’s a quick roundup to see how various media organizations approached that age-old battle: attention vs. accuracy
Misleading
Australian Broadcasting Company
Mixed Bag (misleading headline but prominent mention of the 30 to 50% estimate)
Spot On
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Related: The BBC has a good piece on the discussion prompted by the IME study (and even changed their “half” headline from yesterday).
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“30 to 50% of global food isn’t eaten” – these are at least 2 year old numbers…