April 2, 2014
Why barcharts must start at zero
From Fox News last week (via)
My edit based on what ended up happening
If the magnitudes don’t matter, the graph can’t be worth the pixels it’s printed on.
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Agreed. The BBC does that all the time – especially with economic matters. They even teach it
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/geographical_skills/graphs_rev3.shtml
10 years ago