misinform
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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
“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
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
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
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
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
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley had accused the Green leader of amplifying "inaccurate and misinformed commentary", in a letter to the politician sent out by the force on Thursday.
From BBC ● May 1, 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
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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 S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
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