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• n  misinformation that is deliberately disseminated in order to influence or confuse rivals (foreign enemies or business competitors etc.)

• Except they're not quite factsand since this sort of tax disinformation is pretty common, I couldn't resist wasting an hour digging up the data to refute them.
• This year, the liberal insistence on a marginally relevant public option has been a tactical mistake that has enabled the right's "government takeover" disinformation jihad.
• The State Department spokesman quits over disinformation .

News & Articles

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• Calle 13's Residente to write song with WikiLeaks' Julian Assange
  Rene Perez Joglar, a.k.a. Residente, outspoken lead singer of the multiple Latin Grammy-winning, politically activist band Calle 13, is teaming up with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on a songwriting session that's intended to strike a blow for free speech and against censorship, "disinformation and media manipulation," according to a statement released by Calle 13's publicist.        
  June 14, 2013 - Los Angeles Times

Quotes

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• Dorothy Stang in Akron Beacon Journal
  This is disinformation they're trying to spread,said Stang, who traveled from Colorado Springs, Colorado, to attend the trial.
• Narendra Modi in The Hindu
  Mr. Modi said that in the last 24 hours, the country witnessed a "campaign of disinformation in which a section of the media became an instrument of the disinformers."
• Bruce Braley in San Jose Business Journal (subscription)
  Braley called the hearing another case of "powerful business lobbying groups" pursuing "well-financed campaigns of half-truths and disinformation."