Whenever the stock market goes down there is a default, likely algorithmically produced headline that says "This is the worst its been since the last time it was this bad which was X ago". Meaningless.
The worst rainy second Tuesday of the month since 2023…
I see the same thing in sports broadcasting. “No 24 year old rookie player has started the season with this many at bats from the left side of the plate against visiting teams since…”
That made me laugh, they must get bombarded with stats at any time they can just pick and choose from. I bet to some degree it's also about filling the air with something to say.
Agreed - I think they need to fill the air, but I also think the growth of data analytics makes these stats much easier to find now, whereas they were probably more obscure before.
I kind of look forward to AI written/approved headlines because we'll get more funny gems from the AI not getting the implications of out of scope context.
