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Seth C
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Seth C asked in News & EventsMedia & Journalism · 6 years ago

Is there a term for this journalistic ambiguity?

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  • 6 years ago

    Some people call it "lying with statistics."

    I might call it mixing "apples, oranges and plums." Violent assault is so very different from ordinary bullying and teasing, that it should not be put in the same category.

    Is the difference between bullying and assaulting explained? Or bullying and teasing? If not, you have another kind of fallacy, ambiguous use of language.

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