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Headline: “…exploded over Berlin” Body: “…producing a bright but harmless fireball visible for miles around.”

>>Porter+(OP)
Someone is getting paid for clicks.

>>Porter+(OP)
It also wasn’t over Berlin, but like 60 kilometers away.

>>Porter+(OP)
I really don’t see that as misleading. Do you? Evocative imagery for sure, but that’s surely less boring than “the specimen exhibited an incandescence of magnitude…”

>>peddli+U5
It boils down to whether the main goal is to have fun or read something factual. If "west of Berlin near Nennhausen" === "over Berlin", I don't know what to say.

>>Xylaka+N5
And I live 2 hours' drive outside of DC but if I'm talking to someone not from the region I just say "DC area" if asked where I live.

It's pretty common to reference a nearby place name that is well known/recognized versus a place name that might be more accurate but leaves most receivers/readers/etc thinking "...where?"

>>rzzzt+jd
Same as “Gigafactory Berlin”.

>>Albert+Hj
There's an agglomeration area around Berlin(-Brandenburg) which is similar to a sibling commenter's "DC area" example (of course smaller). The Gigafactory is just outside this imaginary dotted line; Nennhausen is way over to the West.

>>rzzzt+8n
I see, just checked it up on a map and you are right of course, thanks for the correction.

>>sjsdai+hi
The article did not say "Berlin area", so your "DC area" is not the same.

If something happens over your house, is it "over Washington"?

>>rzzzt+jd
Porque no los dos? That's a false dichotomy.

>>yencab+VU
In a news article about it? Probably.