Off on a tangent somewhat, while slightly relevant, I remember once watching Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, and the question was something along the lines of "Which ocean has an area of approximately 1 million square miles?", with four options - Pacific, Atlantic, Indian or Arctic.

The square root of a million is 1000, so this actually isn't very big. Clearly it's the Arctic. But the guy didn't know and asked the audience. The majority went for the Pacific, and the Arctic was the answer with the lowest number of votes. People just don't understand that a million square miles isn't very big, instead they think it's a huge area.

If our media wanted to be somewhat sincere, then they would give the reader a comparison. If Ukraine had taken an area the size of Texas, you can absolutely guarantee that the American media would be keen to use Texas as a point of reference. But when it's a small area they neglect to say "downtown New York" or whatever is accurate, because that would make the reader realise it's not a very big gain. Propaganda.