Tufte used to call this creating a "visual lie" - you just don't start the y-axi...

		Upvoter33 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GPT-5 Tufte used to call this creating a "visual lie" - you just don't start the y-axis at 0, you start it wherever, in order to maximize the difference. it's dishonest.

52 above 60 seems wrong whatever way you put it