How to Lie with Graphs: The NY Times as Real Estate Case Study
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007 Vasotec For Sale Colchicine No Prescription Buy Crestor No Prescription Buy Online Retin-A Buy Rhinocort Online Epivir-hbv For Sale Viagra Soft No Prescription Buy Accupril No Prescription Buy Online Penisole Buy Eulexin Online Lopressor For Sale Loprox No Prescription Buy Propecia No Prescription Buy Online Cordarone Buy Tricor Online Imdur For Sale Zanaflex No Prescription Buy Amoxil No Prescription Buy Online Celebrex Buy Lynoral Online Motilium For Sale Femara No Prescription Buy Coreg No Prescription Buy Online Lozol Buy Melatonin OnlineThe New York Times just released a new graph showing the housing bubble. The only problem is, they have intentionally skewed the way the chart reads to make their bubble look even bigger and more extreme.
Nat Torkington points this out:
“In effect, they’ve zoomed in on the area from 100-150 and magnified the growth in the last 15 years.”
We very well might be in a housing bubble, that doesn’t excuse the NY Times creation of a misleading and overly sensational chart.
The Calculated Risk blog breaks down the errors and omissions even further and then shows what the graph should really look like if the NY Times wasn’t intentionally trying to magnify the negatives:
