Fox News Makes the Best. Pie Chart. Ever.

[RedEarth]

via the Big Picture...

math is not their strong suit......lol......





http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/11/fox-news-makes-the-best-pie-chart-ever/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheBigPicture+%28The+Big+Picture%29

[spanone]

1. faux news is percentage challenged

[wicked stepsister]

2. if math is not their strong suit, what is?

Just sayin'.

[tavalon]

18. Lying. They're pretty good at that.

[Speck Tater]

3. The statistics could be correct, but the use of a pie chart is wrong.

If each respondent could check multiple answers the total would be greater then 100%, and, in fact, if EVERYBODY selected two choices the total percentage would be 200%. But a pie chart is, conceptually, supposed to represent 100%, so in spite of legitimate numbers, their visualization of it is wrong.

[wryter2000]

14. That's what I'm guessing

Someone might have figured that out before they broadcast it, though. :crazy:

[Liberal Veteran]

4. So if I watch Fox News (barf), I get 1.93 votes in presidential contests?

[BeFree]

7. Well

...the way they can rig voting machines, 1.93 votes per republican is a real possibility.

[WheelWalker]

9. +1!

[Arctic Dave]

5. Is this a photo shop? They can't be that ...... Never mind.

[Mythbuster]

19. I thought the same thing... but here's the video.

I thought, surely Faux News isn't this stupid, but I was wrong. This came from Fox News Chicago, and even though it was a local Faux Fuckup, it's still Fox News! I suspected it was a PhotoShop job, but here it is when it aired: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rbyhj8uTT8

[undeterred]

6. That pie should be on thisiswhyyourefat.com

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. It's a miracle they didn't add (D)'s after their names.

[Buzz Clik]

10. Sweet jeebus.

Morons.

[valerief]

11. Someone must be getting back at this newscaster.

http://flowingdata.com/2009/11/26/fox-news-makes-the-best-pie-chart-ever/

:rofl:

[SoFlaJet]

12. Why that looks strikingly like George W Bush's pie chart

during the 2000 presidential campaign.."one trillion here,hee hee, one trillion for you, and one trillion in tax cuts he he he"

[icymist]

13. Faux News: We'll even make up math!

And we live in our own universe.

[jmondine]

15. Those numbers are accurate if the next election is done with Diebold

[Hissyspit]

16. Visually it's accurate. One-third backs...

one stupid ridiculous bigoted candidate. One-third backs another stupid ridiculous bigoted candidate. And 1/3 backs yet another stupid ridiculous bigoted candidate. Together it adds up to 100% stupid ridiculous bigots.

[Initech]

17. Giving them the benefit of the doubt, they're 193% off.

[AsahinaKimi]

20. The only important fact is that FOX NEWS lies...

Why would anyone give them any kind of credibility at all? Why??
:shrug:

[RoccoR5955]

21. ROFLMAO!!!!!

As Bugs Bunny might say, "What a maroon!"
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[rucky]

22. A 93-point MOE seems reasonable. n/t

[artfan]

23. I used this to give my math 'challenged' kids a test

each was shown the chart when the others were not around

my oldest who is 20 but has failed math more times than i can recall 'said' hell even I can see a group can not be more than 100%'

my 17 year old said 'typical fox stupidity'

my 15 year old first said 'people actually back huckabee and palin?' than saw the math error

my 8 year old took about a second and said 'that is stupid they add to more than 100%' (in all honesty he is the only one who likes math

conclusion: Fox is dumber than I thought (and I already thought they were dumb)

[eppur_se_muova]

24. Oh, some people will complain about anything!

There's not one single spelling or grammar error in that screen cap! What does it take to please you people?