Quoting out of context
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Quoting out of context (sometimes referred to as contextomy or quote mining) is an informal fallacy in which a passage is removed from its surrounding matter in such a way as to distort its intended meaning.
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See also
- Cherry picking
- Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
- FactCheck.org
- Half-truth
- Prooftext
- Recontextualization
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