Starting at something other than zero is like, the #1 thing that cable news channels do to make charts flashed on the screen for a few seconds look exaggerated.
And for a chart like the one shown in the article, there's no reason to not start at 0 unless you're trying to exaggerate the differences in values.
In this case however it is not being flashed on the screen for a few seconds, so we have plenty of time to read it and notice the axis labels, then argue in the comments that the label that we read is deceptive because people might not read it.
Also, if labelling the y axis on this graph as something other than zero is deceptive, should the x axis start at the beginning of time?
Of course, but the charts are a vehicle to show casing data, and this specific one intentionally misleads viewers. I'm not sure if it was due to ill-intention or ignorance, but charts like that go against everything charts are for in the first place.