How to Use misinformation in a Sentence
misinformation
noun-
The Fed has tried to push back on the swirling misinformation.
— Linda Qiu, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2023 -
It should be consigned to the trash heap of lies and misinformation.
— Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 14 July 2024 -
Let this be a reminder of the importance of the truth in an age of misinformation and clickbait.
— Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 25 July 2023 -
The problem is, there's a bunch of misinformation out there.
— CBS News, 19 Nov. 2023 -
The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth.
— Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024 -
Netanyahu could say the sky is blue and a thousand fact-checkers would scrub his claim for signs of misinformation.
— Matthew Continetti, National Review, 6 Apr. 2024 -
But the tools of misinformation that were used in those elections were crude compared with those that will be available next year.
— Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2023 -
The claim that Biden has been replaced by a double is a frequent theme in misinformation.
— Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 20 June 2024 -
Meta said the change to the News tab does not affect its fact-checking network and review of misinformation.
— Sallee Ann Harrison, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024 -
There is a lot of fear and confusion and misinformation—and, therefore, there are a lot of monsters.
— Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023 -
Well, there's no question there's a lot of misinformation out there.
— NBC News, 19 Feb. 2023 -
The state must team with doctors to teach the public that vaccines are safe in an effort to combat misinformation.
— The Denver Post Editorial Board, The Denver Post, 14 June 2019 -
Kurtz said news of her visit resulted in misinformation that the goats have money to buy the mansion.
— Jeastman, oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2023 -
But the bill’s backers and South Asia experts had said that public discourse about the bill was flooded with misinformation.
— Jeong Park, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2023 -
In a time of mass misinformation, writers who tell the truth and who are there to witness the truth firsthand are essential and must be protected.
— Matthew Salesses, TIME, 7 May 2024 -
That’s not to say that the platform was ever devoid of misinformation or even harassment, Hotez and Caulfield agree.
— Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2023 -
But at its core, the threat from AI is the same as the threat from the article spinner—a future where misinformation drowns out reality.
— Charles Seife, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2023 -
How concerned should people be about the amount of misinformation that's being spit out in these early stages of chatbot search?
— Wired Staff, WIRED, 16 Feb. 2023 -
Even staunch opponents of medical misinformation found the bill a flawed weapon in the fight against falsehoods.
— Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023 -
These were the kinds of searches for truth that precipitated the flow of misinformation back to the people doing the searching.
— Stuart A. Thompson, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024 -
This style of misinformation then exploits how users often scroll past the video with the sound off, never realizing that the caption doesn’t match what the video shows.
— Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2023 -
In part because of misinformation, some men are leery of consuming soy, Ginn says.
— Julia Simon, NPR, 15 Sep. 2024 -
Grok has been in hot water a couple of times for posting misinformation.
— Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 29 July 2024 -
The lack of knowledge around the virus and the abundance of misinformation was another challenge the department faced, Harris said.
— Alander Rocha, al, 17 Feb. 2023 -
Tum-Monge said the wave of bills are an attack on youths who can’t advocate for themselves, and they are bolstered by swirling rhetoric and misinformation.
— Susan Miller, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2023 -
This style of misinformation also exploits how users often scroll past the video with the sound off, never realizing that the caption doesn’t match what the video shows.
— Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 17 May 2023 -
At the time, egregious misinformation was being spread about AIDS, and the gay community, which was hit hardest by the disease.
— Jeremy Helligar, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2024 -
Despite misinformation, his wife was injured in the shooting and is not deceased.
— Eden Villalovas, Washington Examiner, 24 Aug. 2023 -
Throughout the conference, anti-government paranoia and misinformation about pandemic policies were strong on the wing.
— Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024 -
With forum sites like Reddit and College Confidential, misinformation often runs rampant.
— Kristen Moon, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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