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Recent Examples of disinformation
Mistrust of vaccines and public health is at an all-time high, fueled by disinformation, poor communication on the part of public health agencies, and other factors that arose mostly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Katrine L. Wallace, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2026
What else can one say to the stream of misinformation and disinformation flowing out of the White House and Pentagon since the war with Iran broke out?
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
Cherie Wong, a Hong Kong Canadian activist who has testified before Canada's parliament on Chinese disinformation, has criticized the trend for reducing the complexities of Chinese identity into a set of tropes.
—Ashish Valentine, NPR, 13 Mar. 2026
Even preschoolers there are taught to spot the online disinformation that characterizes 21st-century hybrid warfare.
—Liam Denning, Bloomberg, 12 Mar. 2026
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Katrine L. Wallace, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2026
What else can one say to the stream of misinformation and disinformation flowing out of the White House and Pentagon since the war with Iran broke out?
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
Cherie Wong, a Hong Kong Canadian activist who has testified before Canada's parliament on Chinese disinformation, has criticized the trend for reducing the complexities of Chinese identity into a set of tropes.
—Ashish Valentine, NPR, 13 Mar. 2026
Even preschoolers there are taught to spot the online disinformation that characterizes 21st-century hybrid warfare.
—Liam Denning, Bloomberg, 12 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disinformation
propaganda
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In the propaganda video, the narrator mentions the core Shiite religious figures Ali and Hussein, the first and third Shiite Imams, respectively, as well as the Battle of Karbala, a seventh-century uprising by Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, against a tyrant named Yazid.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2026
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When a 9,000 year-old grave of a shaman was discovered in 1930s Germany, the discovery was quickly politicized to support Nazi propaganda.—
Greg Dixon,
NPR,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Disinformation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinformation. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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