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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

KLM says it's committed to communicating "transparently and honestly" about the company's approach to sustainability, and that it would not be in its interest "to misinform customers".

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2022

“Respondent did not deliberately attempt to mislead, misinform or deceive the electorate,” the ruling said.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2022

Our purpose was simply to leave the inquirer as nearly as possible in the state of ignorance in which we found him: it was not to misinform him, but not to inform him at all.

From A Lie Never Justifiable by Trumbull, H. Clay (Henry Clay)

While we appreciate Seattle Times coverage of priorities such as public safety, lumping all nine independently elected individuals together as “the council” misinforms readers and ignores the diverse views of our local legislative branch.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 13, 2023

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

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

“For example, the use of ‘white’ to describe ancient Greeks is sloppy and misinforms a wide audience; ancient Greeks were not white,” she says.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 4, 2018

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

Met Police chief Mark Rowley accused Polanski of amplifying "inaccurate and misinformed commentary" and Polanski later apologised for "sharing a tweet in haste".

From BBC ● May 6, 2026

Substack and podcasts, equally misinformed, are the new word hammers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026

They are strangers to our character, ignorant of our capacity, oblivious to our history and progress, and are misinformed as to the principles and ideas that control and guide us, as a people.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Musk is not really a fanatical opponent of typical media outlets because he thinks they’re misinforming the public.

From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2024

Seattle police officers will be limited in using ruses — a tactic of deliberately misinforming the public — starting Wednesday, following a three-year push to create a policy.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 30, 2023

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

Besides which she had more than enough to do in caring for her own house, mending my father’s clothes and misinforming the public as to Post Office regulations.

From The Dew of Their Youth by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)