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- A Bad Graphic by El País: Exiting the Crisis Visualized as a Horse Race — Literally
Last Wednesday, I tweeted about a terrible graphic published by El País (Spain). I said it was an example of bad visual metaphors and demeaning of data. Well… it actually does more than that. It lies.
- Where’s the ethics? Visual reconstruction of the Fort Hood shooting
The visual reconstruction of an event about which you have scarce details —zealously kept by the Army, an open investigation that happened on a military base, is a tremendous challenge. A challenge that requires a good amount of resources. It is for that reason that I see the lack of honesty when producing visual reconstructions as a curse for our profession. Horrifying.
- More on the graphic of Rohde’s escape
The information graphic on David Rohde’s escape deserves additional explanation. Although it seems like a traditional formula for those of us who are used to the Spanish flair, it is significantly different from what the NYTimes has done in the past: silhouettes moving across the stage, performing a precise and truthful choreography.
