I've noticed the scales issue happens a lot with claims about markets. A story will say something like 'Asset A plummets among bad event X' with a daily graph o

I've noticed the scales issue happens a lot with claims about markets. A story will say something like 'Asset A plummets among bad event X' with a daily graph of the price. When you look back at the weekly or monthly graph, though, you find that it's well within normal fluctuations and isn't even a low for that period.