Kenilwort t1_j9s7pqn wrote on February 24, 2023 at 4:27 AM

Reply to comment by electrons-streaming in NY Times data visualization is Russian propaganda. Uses population for circle size instead of GDP. by electrons-streaming

TBH I totally see your point. Your title is a bit inflammatory, if you had stuck with the original criticism and dropped the "propoganda" word I think you could have won more people over. Also, we'd have to establish what the purpose of this data visualization is. Is it to make Russia look stronger and thus increase support for ukraine? Is it to make Russia look stronger and thus decrease support for Ukraine? Hard to say what the effect of an article like this will be.

electrons-streaming OP t1_j9s89wt wrote on February 24, 2023 at 4:32 AM

I am pretty surprised at the response. I wonder if data is beautiful folks are offended at the politicization of the sub or if its full of tanky pro Russian people. I think this is right to the heart of how you can use data visualization to drive different agendas using the same data. I have no idea why the NYTimes did it this way, probably just sensationalism, but the Russians push this point to try and support their narrative that the US cannot effectively sanction Russia and therefore Ukraine should just give up.