Daily Mirror gets its pies in a twist

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The Daily Mirror, still pushing hard for a Labour victory, has been a trifle dishonest in its presentation of the polling evidence.

Yesterday it published a pie-chart purporting to show how the parties stood. We’ll overlook the fact that sombody has eaten part of the pie: the three main parties’ support adds up to only 90 per cent. They should have included another slice, labelled “others and undecided” for the final 10 per cent.
                       
What is striking (above) is the distortion of the parties’ share. Labour, with 27 per cent of the poll, gets just as big a slice as the Conservatives, on 34 per cent. The Liberal Democrats, on 29 per cent, get more than either.
 
Was this a mistake? I ask because when you look at the same chart on the Mirror's website (below), it is correctly proportioned. Odd.
 
                 

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