Michael Shellenberger

I remained quiet about the climate disinformation campaign because I was afraid of losing friends and funding. The few times I summoned the courage to defend climate science from those who misrepresent it I suffered harsh consequences. And so I mostly stood by and did next to nothing as my fellow environmentalists terrified the public.

American Author

Robert Winston

Animal rights activists talk about cruelty and torture, some backing their assertions by publishing out-of-date photographs of 'experiments' banned long ago. This is a misrepresentation. The work we do is performed with compassion, care, humanity and humility. I have never seen an animal suffer pain.

British Scientist

Pat Barker

When writing about historical characters I try to be as accurate as possible, and in particular not to misrepresent the view they held. With a real historical figure you have to be fair, and this is not an obligation you have in dealing with your own creations, so it is quite different.

English Writer

Noam Chomsky

For a privileged minority, Western democracy provides the leisure, the facilities, and the training to seek the truth lying hidden behind the veil of distortion and misrepresentation, ideology and class interest, through which the events of current history are presented to us.

American Activist

Jessica Henwick

I'm Asian, and I'm an actress, and I've been doing this since I was a teenager, so if anyone understands the conversation about misrepresentation and underrepresentation, it's me. I live and breathe it; this is my life.

English Actress

Alycia Debnam-Carey

With any sort of minority, issues of ostracization or misrepresentation are clearly rampant. It's just so deeply rooted in our culture, and there are so many levels that it trickles down from.

Australian Actress

Seth Gordon

I think politicians know how to misrepresent data in order to support a political agenda. Politicians and the people that work for them - I should say - are expert at that.

American Director

O. J. Mayo

It was a poor decision on my end to definitely disrespect the game. Poor decision of mine to misrepresent the Bucks, myself, my family, obviously my teammates.

American Basketball Player

Gina Rinehart

The media these days are not so much interested in saying things truthfully without distortion, without misrepresentation, without ridicule.

Australian Businesswoman

Niall Ferguson

Oral history is a recipe for complete misrepresentation because almost no one tells the truth, even when they intend to.

British Historian

Sometimes, 'misrepresent' happens by mistake, without the intent to deceive.

Not Always Intentional

Accusing someone of misrepresentation can imply they're untrustworthy or dishonest.

Serious Accusation

'Misrepresent' can have legal consequences, like in contracts or advertising.

Legal Implications

In sales or marketing, 'misrepresent' indicates exaggeration or deceptive practices.

Sales and Marketing

In academics, misrepresenting research findings is considered unethical.

Academic Honesty

Misrepresentation can damage someone's reputation or credibility.

Impacts Reputation

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 shark week it's meant to be entertaining shiffman would remind us that sharks are in trouble and stories that misrepresent the species matter it matters if they're wrong it matters if wrong information is shared because we're talking about the conservation of ecologically important threatened species

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 corresponds to a healthy oxygen level, but for another with smaller arteries, the same reading could dangerously misrepresent the actual oxygen level. This can be accounted for with a second infrared wavelength LED. Light comes in a vast spectrum of wavelengths,

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 to help combat this bias. The simple acknowledgment that museums are not neutral. Museums are didactic. Through the display of art and artifacts, we can incite creativity and foster inclusion, but we are guilty of historical misrepresentation.

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 I think these results seem very realistic and intriguing, but at the same time frightening, even to me. Our goal was to build an accurate model of a person, not to misrepresent them. But one thing that concerns me is its potential for misuse.

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 But actually that childish misrepresentation stuck with me, because it suddenly became clear to me why we don't do the blindingly obvious things. We're too busy keeping out the giraffes -- putting the kids on the bus in the morning,

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 whitewater rafting to see if he would survive. And then he would write about it, and he felt that he was a fraud and that he was misrepresenting himself. And so I wanted the cover of this book to also misrepresent itself

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 In my work, sometimes my body thrums, I'm so enraged. But no matter how justified my anger has been, throughout my life, I've always been led to understand that my anger is an exaggeration, a misrepresentation,

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 Well, we know that's not really the case, right? Even without this, there are simple tricks that you can do with video like how you frame a shot that can make it really misrepresent what's actually going on.

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 The misrepresentation and misuse and manipulation of religious scripture has influenced our social and cultural norms, our laws, our daily lives, to a point where we sometimes don't recognize it.