Or at least it seems to be for the notorious U.S.-based network Fox News. The first picture above is from a month ago and anyone even casually glancing at it should realize that something is wrong with that pie chart. Apparently Fox News didn’t just make a mistake in getting the graphics right, its news anchor Byron Harlan actually spoke these figures out loud as part of his news report.

This second graphic appeared only recently and again, it’s very obvious that the figures don’t add up. What’s worse is that the original statistics came from reputable polling agencies and their original figures certainly make sense but Fox News seems to have decided to interpret them more creatively. This post on Think Progress explains that fuzzy reasoning. Goofing up the occasional graphic is understandable, but when your news anchors repeat these mistakes on air, it smacks of a deliberate conspiracy, especially when well-educated, highly intelligent news anchors pretend to be dumb in order to better connect with an anti-intellectual audience.