9
Misleading graph since the y axis doesn't begin at 0, greatly exaggerating the level of change. Also, this is just a style thing, but why is the y axis labels on the right?
The y axis not starting at 0 doesnt make this misleading, it just makes it easier to see the trends. It would only be harder to see the movements with 80% of the y axis being useless "fill".
The graph is clearly labelled. The graph IS greatly exaggerating the level of change, on purpose. Otherwise, the graph would just be a flat horizontal line.
The graph isn't the misleading part. It is the comment on top of the graph, which claims that the graph is evidence for what they are saying, which is incorrectly reading the graph: the US Dollar depreciated by around 11%, the graph says, not 20%. Plus, it does seem that they are using the scary appearance of the graph (OMG downward spiral!) to elicit fear.
this post was submitted on 27 Jun 2025
9 points (90.9% liked)
Conservative2
52 readers
10 users here now
Wait! I'm not with THEM! There's an unfortunately loud part of the country that is giving the GOP, conservatives, and Americans a bad name. This comm is for the rest of us, the quiet majority. If there is anything worth conserving, it's our values: Respect, Integrity, and Truth.
This comm is for the posting about US politics from a right, but not alt-right, perspective.
Rules:
- Treat each other with respect. Follow lemmy.today instance rules. Follow your instance rules.
- Social media posts must either include a timestamp in the image or be accompanied by a timestamp in the text of the post. Posts with an inaccurate or missing timestamp will be removed. Relative timestamp (e.g. "5 mins ago") will be removed.
- Only use high quality news sources. They all have bias, but quality and truth are a requirement. News articles must have a non-fictitious, non-anonymized byline. Fox is not a high quality news source.
- Don't post memes, but you can comment with them.
founded 3 days ago
MODERATORS