Barry-Jester describes the media and government focus on the “disturbing rise in mortality among U.S. whites with a high-school education” (par. 10). She then argues that “the headlines obscured...

Barry-Jester describes the media and government focus on the “disturbing rise in mortality among U.S. whites with a high-school education” (par. 10). She then argues that “the headlines obscured several important facts, chief among them that the chart showed mortality for all U.S. blacks, not only those who also have a high school education or less. Aer the authors were criticized for leaving blacks off a different chart in one of the papers, they told The Washington Post “the reason it’s not there — which we explain — is that black mortality is so high it doesn’t fit on the graph” (par. 10). How does this source help support BarryJester’s larger argument?