disinformation

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Recent Examples of disinformation In a post on X sharing a link to the op-ed, Adams referred to disinformation, the loss of trust in doctors and the destruction of public health as deadlier than cigarettes. Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2025 Digital rights advocates have also pushed back against a proposal to limit a person to only one social media account per platform, ostensibly as a means to crack down on disinformation. Chad De Guzman, Time, 6 Oct. 2025 Even the Commission has warned that climate disinformation is undermining support for action. Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 3 Oct. 2025 The data, together with interviews with public health experts, underscore that skepticism around the COVID-19 vaccine has seeped into broader attitudes toward immunization, worsened by the spread of misinformation and disinformation. Suhail Bhat, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disinformation
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propaganda
Noun
  • Meanwhile, be careful about falling for dogma or propaganda that sounds appealing and uplifting.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
  • While Hamas’ useful idiots here in the United States and elsewhere have parroted anti-Israel propaganda while ignoring the crimes of Hamas, the Palestinian people have suffered the consequences of Hamas’ insistence on perpetuating the war.
    The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 12 Oct. 2025

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“Disinformation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinformation. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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