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no comment on the extremely narrow scale used to provide a dramatic graph

That isn't even the worst visual spin in it. It's the background image. Look at that subconscious suggestion of a trend.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Thu Jun 23rd, 2011 at 02:05:11 PM EST
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Right.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu Jun 23rd, 2011 at 02:29:38 PM EST
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There is nothing inherently wrong with a non-zero baseline. The background graphic, any background graphic, is "chartjunk" and shouldn't be used.
by jam on Fri Jun 24th, 2011 at 03:46:37 PM EST
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