as in misrepresentation
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Coleby Phillips is a reporter at The Arizona Republic focusing on election misinformation.Coleby Phillips, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
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In 2020, misinformation experts warned that the window between the polls closing and knowing the outcome of the election could provide fertile ground for false narratives to spread and sow doubt about the legitimacy of the election process.Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024
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And while their relationship is a little cozier these days, the former president had threatened to throw Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg in jail as part of Trump’s lies about election fraud.William Gavin, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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Michael Keaton won an Emmy for his portrayal of a widowed doctor in Appalachia who buys into the lies, and eventually becomes a victim of them.Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
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On the day of what is without exaggeration being called the most consequential election of our time, ignoring political news in favor of watching an antique cheese slicer being restored may seem frivolous.Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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The broadcast also left out Trump’s gross exaggerations about crime in Aurora, Colorado.Brian Stelter, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024
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Finally, the treble was so smooth and restrained, never straying into sibilance or even a hint of distortion.Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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First, the lawmakers wrote, there are cases in which an insurance company revises the damage amounts logged by a field adjuster by more than 90 percent — the type of distortion reported on by the Post and CBS.Saul Elbein, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Misstatement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misstatement. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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