# CNN graphs.

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-graphs/505233
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [August 3, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-graphs/505233 "2009-08-03T23:38:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-graphs/505233/1 "2009-08-03T23:38:06Z")

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I was wondering if my browser is screwed up, or if this report card has pie charts and legends that are screwed up.

[http://reportcard.cnn.com/](http://reportcard.cnn.com/)

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### Author: ![MissMossie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@MissMossie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMossie)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2009, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-graphs/505233/2 "2009-08-03T23:57:56Z")

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I think it’s the report card. The colors on the chart don’t match the colors on the key for me either.

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### Author: ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2009, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-graphs/505233/3 "2009-08-04T00:10:57Z")

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Plus, the sizes on the pie chart don’t correspond to the % distribution. Going by the % distribution, one option got 12%, one option got 48%, and a third option got 40%, but if you look at the pie, one of the colors clearly takes up more than 50%