SO much "news" does this now! "Might" and "could have" and "possibly will" and "could result in"--all those phrases. Check out how many stories are sheer speculation (and I'm betting not one of the reporters could define inductive reasoning, deductive reasoning, and extrapolation), predictions of the future, and guesses about past causes... Covid hysteria was built on this tactic, but it's been in use for decades.