Chart Wars: The Political Power of Data Visualization

Check out this presentation by Alex Lundry on the way in which visualizations are becoming a new medium for political warfare: And 9 times out of 10, we designers are the ones who are tasked with creating these visualizations. So before we copy that spreadsheet into Illustrator, let's look for the hidden agendas that may be lurking under the numbers.

UPDATE: A great example is the Obama job loss chart making the rounds, particularly on Twitter. Check out the graph and some great analysis here.