Misinformation: The Media is Already Turning Over 1,000 Additional Microsoft Layoffs Into Just 1,000
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2023-07-20 12:31:15 UTC
- Modified: 2023-07-20 12:37:36 UTC
The original (scoop, leak):
Misleading follow-ups below.
OVER 1,000 layoffs noted above in the seminal report. Almost every site we saw so far says "1,000", even though the original said
MORE (that can also be 2,000). Examples from hours ago:
Summary: "Reporters" keep on repeating (parroting) the "10,000" fictional figure from Microsoft (it was vastly more than that; maybe 20,000 or more were impacted by the layoffs); the "reporting" now continues with a subtle distortion wherein over 1,000 -- i.e. no upper bound, just lower bound --- simply becomes (exactly) 1,000