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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
disinform .
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Examples
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Repugs have said that their constituents are opposed to reform when asked — but when their constituents have been so deliberately misinformed and disinformed, what response were they expecting?
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Borrowing a term first tweeted by Andy Revkin of the New York Times, let's officially call this "Skepticgate" - a new synonym for the cynical, profit-motivated efforts of the Kochs and Exxons of the world to keep the public disinformed about the real and present dangers of unabated fossil fuel consumption.
Kelly Rigg: Skepticgate: Revealing Climate Denialists for What They Are Kelly Rigg 2011
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Finally, I agree with the comment about the NYT tech columns becoming too disinformed lately … I find difficult to believe a tech writer is NOT aware of Opera today. —
Opera Sings an Ode to Browsers Everywhere - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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NOT So Happy - born in an disinformed and indifferent U.S.
No Afghani Ever Attacked the US, UK, EU, Australia or Anywhere Else 2009
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It is important to distinguish between the ones who realize they may have been disinformed and really are looking for answers they are rare but I have run across a few -- it's amazing what happens when those hapless brainwashed children hit the real world and a decent education, and the ones who just want to pick a fight.
I snarfed microbiologist xx 2009
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In a recent column for The Nation he described the tea party protestors thus:Annoying, bizarre, incoherent, divisive, intolerant, small-minded, misinformed, ill informed and disinformed… the proportion of the country with whom there is no real means of engagement.
Archive 2009-09-19 2009
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I very vocally defended him in London when a typically disinformed member of his conference audience virulently attacked him in claims that he (Andres) had the blood of many dead on his hands as a direct result of the US-funded coup d'etat against President Hugo Chavez Frias!
Andres Izarra's true intent to STARVE(?) the opposition media into submission to his edict? 2008
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Well, simply, he is reaching many students who are disinformed and misinformed on current policies and systems in America and indoctrinating them into his philosophy.
This Is What I Have to Put Up With: A Brainwash Campaign Sponsored by David Horowitz 2008
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But I guess all the disinformed propagandists on here are too blind to see that spiritual murder is murder - even if they never lift a weapon.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Well, simply, he is reaching many students who are disinformed and misinformed on current policies and systems in America and indoctrinating them into his philosophy.
Printing: This Is What I Have to Put Up With: A Brainwash Campaign Sponsored by David Horowitz 2008
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