misinform
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“Bad actors are using A.I.-generated voices in unsolicited robocalls to extort vulnerable family members, imitate celebrities and misinform voters.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
It said that “nobody is allowed to terrorize and misinform the public” on public health issues.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
He accused Media Matters of creating an alternative account designed to "misinform advertisers" about their posts.
From Reuters ● Nov. 18, 2023
Mr Jones said he felt Mr Fabricant was trying to mislead, misinform and was "changing the narrative, apportioning blame".
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2022
How many of the plays that divert and misinform the modern theatre-goer turn on the pivot of a love-affair, not always pure, but generally simple!
From Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things by Henry Van Dyke
Mozilla senior director of advocacy Brandy Guerkink says “YouTube needs to admit their algorithm is designed in a way that harms and misinforms people.”
From The Verge ● Jul. 7, 2021
Once absorbed into received knowledge, such research misinforms subsequent scientific judgments.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 27, 2020
Q: Do you think social media ever misinforms about what it’s like to live this way?
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 30, 2020
Enough running attention-grabbing news coverage that not only misinforms the public, but endangers the very community members you serve.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2019
In the final test, they provided much more detail about the specific flaws in the Oregon Petition, and how it misinforms people.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 24, 2017
The study states that the false belief has led "to negative consequences, including misinformed risk‐taking by those encountering snakes, unwarranted fear among snakebite victims, and inappropriate care delivered by misinformed or patient/family‐pressured medical professionals."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
Rama has pivoted between downplaying the protesters as misinformed and dismissing the movement as foreign-backed.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
He described the participants as "well-meaning" but "misinformed" about the potential environmental impact.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
Once a correspondent on Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show,” he landed his own Comedy Central show, “The Colbert Report,” where he played a bloviating, misinformed character, also named Stephen Colbert.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
“So they’re lying about your—our history. That doesn’t mean they’re the enemy, it just means they’re a group of grossly misinformed people trying to . . . better the world. In an ill-advised way.”
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
Musk is not really a fanatical opponent of typical media outlets because he thinks they’re misinforming the public.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2024
Romanian officials are not explaining their previous vehement denials of the drone incident, although the defence minister is taking the blame for "misinforming" the country's president.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2023
Ellemann-Jensen has apologized for misinforming parliament over a rushed Israeli arms deal to replace Denmark’s howitzers that were donated to Ukraine in January.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 22, 2023
Glasscock also rejected the shareholders’ allegations that Ellison and Oracle CEO Safra Catz breached duties of loyalty by misinforming the special committee and concealing material facts regarding the acquisition.
From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2023
"I can't see what would be their object in misinforming me on the subject," Mr. Dill complained.
From The Long Shadow by B. M. Bower
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