That pretty graph you just saw? It may not be as trustworthy as you think.

We live in a modern world where data lives supreme, and “evidence” in the form of numbers is widely accepted as truth. Data visualizations, even on contentious topics such as COVID-19, are now widely available to the public. Chartr sends a weekly newsletter communicating news updates purely through charts and graphs, and the Reddit sub r/dataisbeautiful has 15.9 million members and is growing.