{"id":31519,"date":"2012-11-27T08:44:08","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T15:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/27\/lies-damn-lies-and-fox-graphs.html"},"modified":"2012-11-27T08:44:08","modified_gmt":"2012-11-27T15:44:08","slug":"lies-damn-lies-and-fox-graphs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/27\/lies-damn-lies-and-fox-graphs.html","title":{"rendered":"Lies, Damn Lies, and Fox Graphs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>&#39;One could argue these are mistakes, but based on the consistent displays of data supporting one viewpoint, I think these are likely the result of someone with real statistical training who is using data in a very specific way to make a point.&#39;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Less politely, a <i>misleading<\/i> point. \u00a0Even less politely, an lie.<\/p>\n<p>You should definitely be wary in any sort of graph that gets thrown up on the TV screen, but if it&#39;s on Fox News you should, frankly, assume it&#39;s trying to make a point and play the game to figure out how it&#39;s been distorted to do so.<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images1-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/static\/images\/item\/fnc-an-20120809-welfarechart-2.jpg&#038;container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;rewriteMime=image\/*&#038;refresh=31536000&#038;resize_h=150&#038;resize_w=150&#038;no_expand=1' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/simplystatistics.org\/2012\/11\/26\/the-statisticians-at-fox-news-use-classic-and-novel-graphical-techniques-to-lead-with-data\/'>The statisticians at Fox News use classic and novel graphical techniques to lead with data | Simply Statistics<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDepending on where you land in the political spectrum you may either love or despise Fox News. But regardless of your political affiliation, you have to recognize that their statisticians are well-tra&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'><strong>Google+:<\/strong> Reshared <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/6vjEQeequRM' target='_new'>1<\/a> times<br \/> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/6vjEQeequRM' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#39;One could argue these are mistakes, but based on the consistent displays of data supporting one viewpoint, I think these are likely the result of someone with real statistical training who is using data in a very specific way to make a point.&#39; Less politely, a misleading point. \u00a0Even less politely, an lie. 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