Comparing the number of mass shootings in the US (by race) with the average number of words used in NYTimes Coverage (LINK)
courtesy of @jennalaib
(Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse)
Type of Graph: double y-axis bar graph
Source: tweet from Mona Chalabi on August 6, 2019
Here’s some important context on that ridiculous NYT headline. (sources are the Mother Jones database, 2019 and the International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 2019) pic.twitter.com/KqKuCqA90v
— Mona Chalabi (@MonaChalabi) August 6, 2019
Potential Math Content: double bar graphs, double y-axis, meaning of y-axis, scale along the y-axis
Potential Content Connections: *social justice, gun control, politics, journalism, racism, race
