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		knowtheory on Oct 11, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Infographic: US campaign finances revealed Yet another example of "Hot Topic" Data Journalism. All of the "infographics" that are made this way break the web, and are hostile to verifying the facts that they are claiming. News orgs, please for the love of Journalism, stop making these.

ejfox on Oct 11, 2012 [–]

Can you expand on what you mean by "break the web"?

andreasvc on Oct 11, 2012 | [–]

What I guess he means is that the content is not readily indexed by search engines, and does not have a fluid layout which adapts to different screen sizes such as with normal text. And perhaps the absence of linked sources.

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