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Why are they placing the US next to Mexico on a chart of "children living in poverty" and using the world "relative" to disguise that
by aje403 9y ago
Why are they placing the US next to Mexico on a chart of "children living in poverty" and using the world "relative" to disguise that
- maxerickson 9y agoThey aren't disguising anything, the measure they are showing is plainly described. If the article were about poverty it might be problematic to show relative poverty, but it's about comparing income inequality across nations.
- aje403 9y agoOh now I get it, what an excellent metric devoid of bias, not meant to deceptively grab attention, can we put Kenya on the graph too to show how much less income inequality and poverty their children are subjected to relative to the US?
- maxerickson 9y agoIt's below the fold on a page devoted to a wonkish discussion of an issue. It isn't grabbing any attention. Maybe you think they should have just left the US out of the article or something? To me you are asking for a bizarre form of spoon feeding, where an in depth article has to carefully guard against misinterpretation by a disinterested audience.
- aje403 9y agoI don't think the US belongs next to Mexico on a chart titled Child Poverty. Considering the 3rd highest upvoted comment on this thread is describing how cryptocurrency is going to save the American middle class, I don't have much faith in audiences and I believe the onus is on the author to present the material properly.