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“Bad actors are using AI-generated voices in unsolicited robocalls to extort vulnerable family members, imitate celebrities, and misinform voters,” the agency’s chairwoman, Jessica Rosenworcel, said in a news release.

From Seattle 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

"Media Matters created an alternate account and curated the posts and advertising appearing on the account's timeline to misinform advertisers about the placement of their posts."

From Reuters ● Nov. 18, 2023

“It loses credibility, but it doesn’t misinform voters. The problem is that today it’s always being presented as an absolute truth.”

From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2022

V. misinform, misteach†, misdescribe†, misinstruct†, miscorrect†; misdirect, misguide; pervert; put on a false scent, throw off the scent, throw off the trail; deceive &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

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

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

Sir Mark wrote a letter to Polanski that he was "disappointed" the politician had amplified "inaccurate and misinformed commentary".

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

Well-meaning but misinformed people think ani­mals in the wild are “happy” because they are “free”.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

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

Beyond misinforming the public, its story distorted U.S. policy decisions and, most important, deepened patients’ suffering, which it cannot be said enough, is very real.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 6, 2023

Having held me up as dangerous, when in truth I am a peaceably disposed man, they have wronged me while misinforming the public.'

From The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth by Timothy Templeton