misinformation
Example Sentences
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Opinion polls also allow us to do something else: combat misinformation and disinformation on “what people think,” said Andrew J. Seligsohn, the president of Public Agenda, a nonpartisan, nonprofit research-to-action organization.
From Salon
Police also released an image of the suspect, noting that misinformation had been circulating on social media about the attack and the suspect's identity.
From BBC
There is plenty of misinformation on social media.
That misinformation, he said, “almost creates this feeling of inevitability.”
From Salon
These exhibitionists have yet to receive any criticism from the anti-“misinformation” crowd.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.