Why accurately reporting death tolls in a disaster is so challenging - and important - Poynter
"Accurately reporting death tolls from natural disasters is something that journalists and the media have long struggled with, and I think there are a number of reasons for that."
Local journalism in the U.S. has severely declined, with only 8.2 journalists per 100,000 people, necessitating a reevaluation of how many journalists are sufficient.
Karoline Leavitt Rips BBC Over Reporting on Israeli Shootings: We Don't Take the Word of Hamas'
And I suggest that journalists who actually care about truth do the same to reduce the amount of misinformation that's going around the globe on this front.