How to Use misinformation in a Sentence

misinformation

noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • Despite misinformation, his wife was injured in the shooting and is not deceased.
    Eden Villalovas, Washington Examiner, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The job of the media is to provide facts when the lack of those creates confusion, misinformation or unnecessary doubt.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2023
  • That’s happening at the same time as real AI deepfakes are being used to spread misinformation.
    Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
  • In the decades since, guidelines have changed and misinformation has swirled, but mammograms remain the gold standard for breast cancer screening.
    Kylie Gilbert, Glamour, 22 Mar. 2024
  • As the town reeled in its grief, it was also hit by a storm of misinformation and lies from online sleuths who decided to take the investigation into their own hands.
    Allie Weintraub, ABC News, 8 June 2023
  • There's always been some form of misinformation or even propaganda that's being spread to get a certain message across to the public.
    Lauren Goode, WIRED, 12 Oct. 2023
  • But the lack of concrete details gave rise to misinformation and disinformation, the sheer volume of which shocked experts.
    Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2023
  • The agenda was later updated to remove the AI mention amid misinformation on the topic.
    Chris Mueller, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Taking care of Mom is taking care of baby Some of the fear around antidepressants may come from stigma or misinformation, but much of it comes from caring for a future child, Deutch said.
    Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 15 May 2023
  • In a 2021 interview, Prince Harry warned about the harm being caused by misinformation online.
    Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 2 Aug. 2023
  • In an interview with The Post, Baron noted that there are limited sources of funding for health misinformation research.
    Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2023
  • Aim to add stability to your life, and avoid stress due to uncertainty and misinformation.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
  • There is no single fix or perfect Google strategy poised to shut down misinformation.
    Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The Food and Drug Administration has been pushing back against Ladapo’s fire hose of misinformation and disinformation for the better part of a year.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Like, for instance, some of the two big problems right now is just job displacement and also propaganda or misinformation on scale.
    Quartz Staff, Quartz, 12 May 2023
  • Richardson said misinformation is a problem as much as the politics.
    Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Bad actors have further muddied the waters with fake images and misinformation meant to advance their own agendas.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2023

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