misrepresented

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The billionaire later moved to get out of the deal, saying—among other things—that the platform had misrepresented the number of spam and fake accounts on the site, which Twitter denied.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

He has repeatedly said he was misrepresented and claimed that he appeared on the BBC to apologise the day after the Sun article was published, on 12 June 2013.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

One creator misrepresented news coverage, including by The 19th, to construct the lie that churches and other groups were “trying to take these kids from Haitians and allowing them to be deported without helping them.”

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2026

The report was quickly panned by researchers, who said it was riddled with errors and, in some cases, misrepresented the very studies it cited.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

“There is nothing in my life to compare with this burden,” Shin told me on the day in California when he explained how and why he had misrepresented his past.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden