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# Is Swine Flu Coverage in Balance?
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2009/05/is_swine_flu_coverage_in_balance/
- Published: 2009-05-12T17:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-08T14:31:01.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: gapminder, hans rosling, Journalism, news, swine flu

What’s the ratio of press coverage to deaths for swine flu?

I love this because (a) it’s a really good example of how to do a feature visually and (b) because it shows you how massively distorting our current news values can be.

\[via \[O’Reilly Radar\](http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/05/what-is-the-right-amount-of-sw.html)\]