misinformation
Example Sentences
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The misinformation on some community college websites is a clerical problem that campuses have been asked to update, officials said.
From Los Angeles Times
State Rep. Jordan Teuscher, who sponsored the reforms, said that while they remain “good policy,” the debate had been “overshadowed by misinformation and unnecessary division.”
Rhode Island State Police Superintendent Darnell Weaver called it an “endless barrage of misinformation, disinformation, rumors, leaks and click bait.”
In other words, people assume that misinformation and harmful content dominate social media feeds far more than they actually do.
From Science Daily
“It’s important to state the facts, especially because in this environment ... there’s a number of people out there who have been very, very deliberate in spreading misinformation,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times
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