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Falsehoods & Distortions

misleading claim - a statement with a few elements or kernel of truth, which can easily be proven deceptive or fundamentally untrue.

28:23: misleading claimsee definition - a statement with a few elements or kernel of truth, which can easily be proven deceptive or fundamentally untrue.
: Dixon made the humorous post about gun control 29 days before the shooting, not in response to it, as is insinuated.[5]

14:06: misleading claimsee definition - a statement with a few elements or kernel of truth, which can easily be proven deceptive or fundamentally untrue.
: Kelly rejected a GOP proposed amendment that required hiring 18,000 border patrol agents BEFORE a single IRS agent could be hired.[8]

41:35: misleading claimsee definition - a statement with a few elements or kernel of truth, which can easily be proven deceptive or fundamentally untrue.
: The China trade war resulted in 300,000 fewer jobs, but not just in manufacturing, and the 300K refers to jobs that might have been created, not jobs lost.[1]