[USMA:53176] Dual Measurements in News Articles

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I notice how American editors contort news articles every time  
something is measured; typically downgrading SI to parenthetical  
mention, but this Yahoo article  
http://news.yahoo.com/train-kills-37-pilgrims-eastern-india-103334145.html  
from India three times does the reverse: . . . train stopped a few  
hundred meters (yards) beyond . . . who walked nine kilometers (six  
miles) from the accident. . . Dhamara Ghat is about 280 kilometers  
(175 miles) north of Patna . . .

I wish this downgrade of non-SI units would become a trend in US media.
David Pearl MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917