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Population Maps

October 18, 2017October 18, 2017 / bs king

Not a new comic (source here), but the problem with population maps doesn’t seem to be ebbing:

 Maps don’t often get included on “deceptive graphs” lists, but it’s good to remember that they can be tinkered with just as easily as any other data presentation method.

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