bend (the) facts

phrase

: to change facts in a dishonest way in order to deceive people

a journalist who has been accused of bending the facts in order to gain support for his political agenda

Examples of bend (the) facts in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But Democratic Party Chair Diaz, a son of Cuban refugees, said the Republicans are trying to bend facts to their own narrative. — CBS News, 22 Apr. 2022

And lurking in the background, spreading the misinformation and conspiracy theories, are those who see elections as a battle between warring cults, and bend the facts accordingly. — Noam Cohen, Wired, 26 Oct. 2020