The pie charts
are certainly horrendous!

(Unless italian football teams really Do have 4.9 english players in them on average? Football isn't my thing.)
( Completely Underwhelmed, Tue 27 May 2008, 17:33, archived)

heh
nah, it was cos the bar graph doesn't start at 0 on the vertical - therefore it's misleading
( Mighty Nibus who dares gins, Tue 27 May 2008, 17:35, archived)

Generally I let that slide
unless it should be a histogram.

I have complained before about a misleading bar chart that used scaled flags of various countries instead of bars. The areas were just wrong.
Made me feel all funny, and not in a good way :(
( Completely Underwhelmed, Tue 27 May 2008, 17:38, archived)

I think you ned to get out more
Worrying about areas in graphs that appear on the BBC can lead to a carreer in media you know
(Vinegar strokes Why don't cows wear bras?, Tue 27 May 2008, 17:53, archived)

doesn't have to
as long as they indicate where they've started from (as they have done) and don't claim that the joint of the axes is the origin
(cs192 how appropriate, your mother fights like a cow, Tue 27 May 2008, 17:39, archived)

yeah
but the average person who looks at it will be thick as pigshit

I'm just trying to help the dimwits, y'see
( Mighty Nibus who dares gins, Tue 27 May 2008, 17:44, archived)

now come on
this is the BBC not the sun
the IQs will be hitting double figures
(cs192 how appropriate, your mother fights like a cow, Tue 27 May 2008, 17:47, archived)