The problem isn't in the charts themselves, the problem comes from the people reading and interpreting the charts and in this case it's the article writer.
This in fact is a challenge because  unlike you many people go by what the 'interpreter' tells them and obviously that's not going to do any good.

Many articles cite charts because it makes their work more credible but one must be mindful about how these charts are being read. It seems that what you're picking on is the sole fact that they include it rather than misinterpreting the charts - 2 different things!