CBC's Funding Chart is a Graph Crime

https://twitter.com/TristinHopper/status/1648201519408480256

by oldschoolib • 3 years ago

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neom2• 3 years ago

This is old. It's also the only reporting period graphed poorly, other years are generally correct.

The current reporting period (21-22) is just fine:

https://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/impact-and-accountability/fin...

And here is 16-17 to compare:

https://site-cbc.radio-canada.ca/site/annual-reports/2016-20...

smashed• 3 years ago

https://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/impact-and-accountability/fin...

This is a misleading graph. Not a single doubt about it. The fact that it is a few years behind does not change that fact. They knew what they were doing in 2019 when they published it. The science of misleading graphs has seen very little change since that "old" time.

Yes they improved, but pointing out this chart is of public interest and interesting.

neom2• 3 years ago

Cambridge defines misleading as: "causing someone to believe something that is not true" - given all the information is present and correct, it would more accurately be defined as poorly formatted.

Now taking a screenshot of a graph, not defining the year, or providing any additional context, is misleading. Additional, as a Canadian who is well versed in the work of Mr Hopper, I'd go so far as to say he's being deliberately misleading.

CBC's Funding Chart is a Graph Crime

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