"Outright falsehood" refers to a statement or claim that is completely untrue or incorrect. It means that the information being provided is intentionally false, with no element of truth to it.
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A statement by Colonel Muhammad Dole, Deputy Director Army Public Relations, described the allegation as
outright falsehood with intent to drag the military into party politics.
Lies are always corrosive, whither in public or private life, but the use
of outright falsehood for political manipulation really wasn't viable until media outlets like Fox arrived to provide fact free opinion sources disguised as news.
The linked article contains at least one
outright falsehood about hospitals — «In a hospital setting, a woman is forced to lie on a bed and prop her legs up so that the doctor can catch the baby.»
Suffice it to say the film includes a lot of facts but also a lot of opinion, anecdotes, unsubstantiated claims, misleading statements, and a
few outright falsehoods.
So the point about presenting evidence of false stories is a red herring; the outlets in question are called out for their persistent agenda - driven deceptive techniques,
not outright falsehoods.
Commenting on the fallout from the matter on Anopa Kasapa on Kasapa 102.5 FM, Ablakwa said he was taken aback as to why the Deputy Majority Leader, Adwoa Safo will be involved in
such outright falsehood to deceive her constituents.
«It is no secret that such organizations are laying the template for the country's total breakup through terrorism by often manufacturing and
fabricating outright falsehoods, timed to rhyme with the periods the Nigerian military is breaking grounds in the war against terror, particularly in the Northeast.
However, it is obvious that in the bid to rope in Senator Saraki, the reporters of Premium Times could not wait to see the Clerk and rushed to publish the story with
outright falsehood less than 24 hours after the Clerk made the aforementioned promise.
The Presidency via the National Communication Authority are spending billions of cedis of the taxpayer's money on designing and implementing a communication strategy around massive propaganda, half truth and
outright falsehood in an attempt to continually deceive the Ghanaian people.
«No single person has done more to spread misinformation and
outright falsehoods about Michigan's charter schools than John Austin.
It is observed with dismay that stalwarts of either political party faction or an opposition party are resorting to desperate blackmail and
outright falsehood with intent to drag the military into party politics.
Page after page, Mr. Foxman fights bigotry with bigotry, innuendo, and
outright falsehood.
As is well - known, education has too often been the venue for indoctrination in which half - truths or
outright falsehoods are perpetuated.
TJ Helmstetter, communications director at the Working Families Party, made clear that the claims are
outright falsehoods, telling Media Matters:
Agreed in the literal sense, but semantically there's a subtle distinction between «fake» and «false»; Trump mostly seems to be targetting non-stories, i.e. deceptive tactics that are intended to mislead, rather than
outright falsehoods: inviting panels of biased «experts»; cutting people off after asking a loaded question; making news stories out of out - of - context soundbytes or by association, etc..
At first, the submissions by the village head, a few elders and youth leader appeared conflicting, evasive or
outright falsehood.
He said that the entire allegation in the publication was
an outright falsehood and only existed in the imagination of the writers and their collaborators.
Adeyeye described as shameful and unnecessary show of desperation by Sheriff in his resort to blackmail and
outright falsehood to tarnish PDP reputation and the National Caretaker Committee.
Funding for the project was sought under President Mills, sod was cut for the project by H.E John Dramani Mahama in 2013 and construction begun so
its outright falsehood for Akuffo Addo to suggest that Former President Kuffour begun the project.»
We are aware that the NPP perceives these achievements as an existential threat hence their resort to
outright falsehood as a means to detract from them.
There is really no need to engage in
this outright falsehood,» he noted.
Out pours misleading information and
outright falsehood.
When the original information is based on half - truths or
outright falsehoods, the entire process breaks down.
I use the word «denier» to include people like yourself, who knowingly and repeatedly post distortions, sophistry and
outright falsehoods that have been repeatedly debunked.
Some posters have rightly pointed out that commenters are free to correct errors, but commenters are equally free to perpetuate misconceptions and
outright falsehoods.
As Skeptical Science readers are undoubtedly aware, and as we will show in greater detail below, this assertion is
an outright falsehood.
So, once again, the latest «climategate» scandal proves to be yet
another outright falsehood from McIntyre.
Many of them distorted the debate by funding the spread of misinformation and
outright falsehoods.
In response to the release of the latest National Climate Assessment, the Wall Street Journal has unleashed an unfortunately typical stream of distractions, straw men, and
outright falsehoods in the form of an editorial as well as an op - ed by... Continue reading →