hogwash
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On July 27, for example, Steve Inskeep, the host of NPR’s Morning Edition, conducted a servile interview in which he sat meekly by as Allen spewed unalloyed hogwash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2023
“Quite frankly, I think this is hogwash, and I think the way this has been spun is disingenuous and upsetting,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
“Robert Baer’s book is hogwash, filled with mistakes and misinformation. I have never ever been a Russian spy,” Redmond told the Law & Crime Network’s Brian Ross.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2023
By just being aware of how we perceive information, we can protect ourselves from disinformation and hogwash.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 29, 2022
I didn’t know why I was holding my breath because I knew that the old saying of how you could hold your breath and nothing would sting you was pure hogwash.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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