Twitter is atwitter over the low-quality bomb chart Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held up during his address at the United Nations General Assembly Thursday, meant to illustrate the necessity of drawing a “clear red line” on Iran’s nuclear weapons development. Unfortunately, the cheesy poster seems to have overshadowed his point, as he elicited more mockery than serious discussion.
Charts are hard to take seriously, even when they don’t look like they belong in an old Looney Tunes episode, yet politicians have been using them for years. The Daily Beast takes a look at other leaders who’ve attempted to make an argument through graphics.