the "percentage of US adults who has a college degree" is on a scale of all US adults
the "percentage of US adults who get their news from a given source" is on a scale of all US adults with college degrees

But they're shown on the same bar graph, which implies they're shown on the same scale. Right? or am I misreading this?

[–] hesh@quokk.au 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

It's not "what % of college graduates get their news from this source", it's "what % of adults that get their news from this source have a college degree"

[–] Sergio@piefed.social 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

OK you're right. the scales are:

on a scale of all US adults, the percentage who have a college degree
on a scale of all readers who primarily get their news from (given magazine), the percentage who have a college degree

So the scales are still different.

I'm guessing they'd make an argument that: "If the college graduate readership were distributed evenly across all news sources, then (given magazine) would have (the percentage of all US adults who have a college degree)." But the labels don't say that, which is why it is confusing.

[–] hesh@quokk.au 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Imagine "All Americans" as one of the bars like the others - its just another cohort.

[–] U7826391786239@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

is on a scale of all US adults with college degrees

no, "Among US adults who regularly get news from ____, % who hav ea bachelor's degree or more," not all US adults with a degree, just all adults

[–] Sergio@piefed.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

OK you're right. the scales are:

on a scale of all US adults, the percentage who have a college degree
on a scale of all readers who primarily get their news from (given magazine), the percentage who have a college degree

So the scales are still different.