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harryh:

slavin:

wow
caveat that the story is more complex than this: people get TV from other sources (including satellite and their telcos) and they aren’t seeing the same decline. But still, it’s nice to see e.g., Time Warner Cable getting what’s due. Or to stop getting what’s not due, or something.
(via UH OH: New Nielsen Data Says People Are Turning Away From TV - Business Insider)

Deceptive graphs that don’t put 0 on the X axis should be a fireable offense.

Thank you. I was JUST going to write the same thing. 

harryh:

slavin:

wow

caveat that the story is more complex than this: people get TV from other sources (including satellite and their telcos) and they aren’t seeing the same decline. But still, it’s nice to see e.g., Time Warner Cable getting what’s due. Or to stop getting what’s not due, or something.

(via UH OH: New Nielsen Data Says People Are Turning Away From TV - Business Insider)

Deceptive graphs that don’t put 0 on the X axis should be a fireable offense.

Thank you. I was JUST going to write the same thing. 

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  3. jeffgiddens reblogged this from emergentfutures and added:
    Don’t ever trust a graph that doesn’t have zero at the bottom of the X axis.
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    Me gusta esto, ahora todo es por internet
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    Valóban tipikus, Timoni viszont átlát a szitán!
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    That and journalism designed to make people panic about trends that in no way inhibit life whatsoever.
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    This is a really hard to read graph. Besides the (already pointed out) mislabeled Y-axis that gives the impression of a...
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