Poorly Designed Pie Charts Spark Wildfire of Criticism

13/01/2025 11 min

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Episode Synopsis

A thread erupts over misleading pie charts in news coverage of California wildfires, with percentages that don't add up and visuals that confuse more than clarify. Commenters debate whether these botched graphics stem from laziness, incompetence, or intentional manipulation, while the conversation expands into a fiery critique of bad data visualization, clashing colors, and the pitfalls of oversimplified infographics.

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