[sokoloff]

> That's true for everything the media covers.

You believe this. (I also tend to believe it.) But why do we believe it? Are we basing that belief on data? Or on conjecture?

This chart is the first one I've seen that starkly lays out an argument based on data that this effect exists.

[thsksbd]

You don't need data to know something. Sometimes, data helps.

[sokoloff]

Indeed. I can plainly know that the Earth is flat just by looking out the window.