falsehood

Rather than respond to every claim, Logan says his office picks its battles, intervening only when a falsehood appears likely to reach a wide audience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

"Anyone with a big social media following has a potential profit-taking opportunity if they spread the right falsehood at the right time."

From Barron's ● Jun. 13, 2026

The pitch is that better tools would enable us to separate fact from falsehood more efficiently.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026

In a joint statement with local government officials on Monday, Kaduna state police commissioner Alhaji Muhammad Rabiu described the information as "mere falsehood which is being peddled by conflict entrepreneurs who want to cause chaos".

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2026

That he should never have been able to indulge so amiable a feeling before, passed suspiciously through Emma’s brain; but still, if it were a falsehood, it was a pleasant one, and pleasantly handled.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

Generative AI systems are known for their ability to "hallucinate" and assert falsehoods as fact, even sometimes invent sources for inaccurate information.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

"The Community Notes program alone is simply not adequate when it comes to reducing the impact of harmful falsehoods on social media platforms," said Angie Drobnic Holan, director of the International Fact-Checking Network.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

O’Brien sees the Nazi allegations as falsehoods that steal attention from the actor’s actual sins.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Her attempts at dialogue met with platitudes and obvious falsehoods.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

The chief mate leaned in, examining her with his dead gray eyes, scanning for falsehoods the way he’d scan the Current for leaks.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee