The Functional Art: An Introduction to Information Graphics and Visualization: A single data point is often meaningless without its context
▻http://www.thefunctionalart.com/2017/09/a-single-data-point-is-often.html
In case you haven’t heard, we’re bracing for a monster hurricane down here in Miami. While praying to the gods of uncertainty and chance to push it a bit to the East, back into the Atlantic Ocean, I decided to relax for 15 minutes from installing shutters and getting supplies by designing a quick chart. I’m offering it for free to Breitbart News.
#cartographie #visualisation #propagande #manipulation
This morning, Breitbart published a story by reporter John Binder with this alarming headline “2,139 DACA Recipients Convicted or Accused of Crimes Against Americans.” This is its lede:
As Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the end of the Obama-created Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), from which more than 800,000 un-vetted young illegal aliens have been given protected status and work permits, the number of them who are convicted criminals, gang members, or suspects in crimes remains staggering.