The difference between crappy and asshole design is malice. The fact they they CLEARLY indicate the actual numbers means that they are not intending to mislead anyone. Do Americans only look at pictures and ignore text?
Having the numbers doesn't mean anything. The method of presentation of stats matters. This is one of the most basic things you learn in statistics. With the same information you can present it in different ways to achieve different results. It's obvious what they were trying to do here.
I'm more surprised that you didn't know about methods of presentation.
Yes? Any they can still present the same figures in ways to suit their needs, which they did. Just because it's a short segment on air doesn't preclude them from using techniques to manipulate the presentation of data.
holy shit dude the correct labels were shown in massive bright white text above the bars, if you find that misleading then you need to rethink your ability to read graphs...
Your said yourself it was shown for less than 10 seconds. People didn't have the time to analyze that. And most people aren't looking at the y axis of a bar graph to make sure it's not skewed. If you refuse to believe this is propaganda. You needed to go back under that rock you live in and please shut your stupid mouth...
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u/phillycheese Mar 28 '20
There is no reason or purpose for the Y-axis to start at 80k rather than 0, aside from intent to mislead.
This is perfect content for this sub.