How The Hindu tortured data to claim ‘consumer sentiment weaker in Rural areas’: Here is an analysis of 5 graphs they misrepresented
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How The Hindu tortured data to claim ‘consumer sentiment weaker in Rural areas’: Here is an analysis of 5 graphs they misrepresented

Op India  

“Data Point” is a regular feature in The Hindu’s newspaper. Graphs used by The Hindu The choice of the headline – “ Consumer sentiment weaker in rural areas ” tells us the situation is bad in rural areas. Graph#1: Graphs used by The Hindu 70% of Urban and 55% of rural folks were able to “save substantially for their future needs“, last year. Graph#2: Graphs used by The Hindu A whopping 94% Urban and 88% of Rural people have said that their “current financial situation these days is better or about the same” compared to last year. Graph#3: Graphs used by The Hindu A whopping 90% Urban and 85% Rural folks are confident that they “will be able to systematically save, more or about the same as last year“.

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