misquote
Cite someone incorrectly
To misquote is to quote inaccurately—reproducing someone's words with errors or alterations: The article misquoted the senator, changing the meaning of her statement.
A misquote is such an inaccurate quotation.
Misquotes range from minor errors to significant distortions, and famous quotes are frequently misquoted: "Play it again, Sam" never appears in *Casablanca*.
Assign to wrong source
- miscreditWrongly assign attribution
- plagiarismUnattributed use of others' work
- authorshipOrigin of written work
- creditRecognition or payment deferral
apocryphal · uncredited · spurious · source · reference · citation · footnote · provenance
Depict inaccurately or falsely
- distortTwist from original form
- twistRotating motion or surprise
- manipulateControl through clever influence
- spinRapid rotation around axis
cherry-pick · out of context · paraphrase · garble · mangle · selective · truncate · misleading
Wrong action or decision
- inaccuracyLack of precision
- misstatementIncorrect assertion of fact
- misrememberRecall something inaccurately
- slipMinor error or misstep
blunder · gaffe · typo · oversight · correction · erratum · retraction · clarification
News gathering and dissemination
- headlineNews article title
- newsReports of recent events
- tabloidSensationalist newspaper format
- pressApply force downward
reporting · coverage · broadcast · soundbite · interview · pundit · columnist · fact-checker
Spoken expression aloud
- remarkSpoken comment or note
- statementExpressed claim or fact
- sayingShort, wise expression
- wordsUnits of language
testimony · declaration · pronouncement · verbatim · transcript · record · dialogue · excerpt
misattribute
Assign to wrong source
- miscreditWrongly assign attribution
- plagiarismUnattributed use of others' work
- authorshipOrigin of written work
credit · apocryphal · uncredited · spurious · source · reference · citation · footnote · provenance · origin
misrepresent
Depict inaccurately or falsely
- distortTwist from original form
- twistRotating motion or surprise
- manipulateControl through clever influence
spin · cherry-pick · out of context · paraphrase · garble · mangle · selective · truncate · misleading · sensationalize
mistake
Wrong action or decision
- inaccuracyLack of precision
- misstatementIncorrect assertion of fact
- misrememberRecall something inaccurately
slip · blunder · gaffe · typo · oversight · correction · erratum · retraction · clarification · misreporting
journalism
News gathering and dissemination
press · reporting · coverage · broadcast · soundbite · interview · pundit · columnist · fact-checker · viral
utterance
Spoken expression aloud
words · testimony · declaration · pronouncement · verbatim · transcript · record · dialogue · excerpt · passage
- mis- wordsmisbehave, miscall, miscount, misdeed, misfire
- miscommunicationmix-up, mixed signals, confusion, mixed messages, crossed wires
- Misrepresentationmisrepresent, distort, falsify, misstate, twist
- Attribution Errorssource confusion
- media errorstypo, factual error, misspelling, correction, retraction
- media ethicsjournalism ethics, media ethics, media bias, journalistic ethics, journalistic integrity
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