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That is a very slippery slope. As presenters of information we have a responsibility to provide the most accurate information possible in a way that is directly digestible. This responsibility exists in the face of uncomfortable data.

"The most dangerous untruths are truths moderately distorted." - Georg Lichtenberg

While there is no 'best' way to present data, per se, there are studies that show some are [much] better suited to the purpose than others (Cleveland & McGill).

About the only thing a pie chart is useful for is exposing the idea that the whole is the sum of its parts. If you care at all about those parts specifically then a pie chart fails you. Annotations help this, but at that point it's not the graphic that is conveying the information and you'd be better off removing the noise.