Having read in the press the other day that 1800 miles is 1609 km - well, it just underlines my disinclination to trust what I read, and it's a great pity.
1800 miles being 1609km is the result of a single keystroke error: a typo.
Sloppy perhaps, but not the same as disingenuous journalism, which is a much more worrying trend.
Carry on...