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b_b · 4373 days ago · link · · parent · post: The statisticians at Fox News use classic and novel graphical techniques to lead with data
A few of them aren't even really playing with the numbers, no matter how loose a definition. Changing the axis is playing with the numbers; having a pie chart that adds up to >100% is playing with the numbers. Displaying 8.6 as a higher number than 8.9 is just an outright insult to intelligence.
geneusutwerk · 4373 days ago · link ·
True, which again to me wants me to understand how they can get into that frame of mind in the first place. In my view, if you have to make such egregious lies about reality to prove your point don't you start to doubt your own faith? I would.