Quotes About Misinformation

Part of the problem with the discovery of the so-called breast-cancer genes was that physicians wrongly told women that had the genetic changes associated with the genes that they had a 99% chance of getting breast cancer. Turns out all women that have these genetic changes don't get breast cancer.

Measles may not spread as fast as erroneous sound bites and tweets, but they both have the potential to cause a great amount of damage.

The War office kept three sets of figures - one to mislead the public, another to mislead the cabinet and the third to mislead itself.

The Jews caused the war, the Jews caused the outbreak of thieving and robbery all over the country, the Jews caused the inefficiency of the navy

Everyone should know that the 'war on cancer' is largely a fraud.

When the deaths first started increasing, there were all sorts of rumors. From defective childhood vaccines to pesticides in our food—people grasped for any excuse.

I'm sorry Alex Jones, but the content that InfoWars has been putting out is just flat out lies. You are entitled to say whatever it is that you want, that is fine; you are not entitled to a megaphone if that information is false.

Just shouting about 'facts' will get you nowhere with those who no longer trust the sources that produce them.

More data means more information, but it also means more false information.

The problem with information is not that it is diverting and generally useless, but that it is toxic.

Even popular opinion warns that bad information is worse than no information at all.

a lie can run around the internet before the truth has logged on to facebook

Some say the Internet is for porn but you know that in truth the Internet is for spam.

Lies are considered true. Truth is considered seditious.

A public that can no longer distinguish between truth and fiction is left to interpret reality through illusion.

My goal is not to ridicule, or put down your opinion. But there are facts at times, especially in this age of misinformation, that may contradict your opinion, and I hope that they can just better inform you.

There is so much misinformation out there. If you give people even a little bit, it gets blown out of proportion then you have to go put out fires. So it's much easier to say, 'No comment.'

I've been interested in watching the level of conservative misinformation that circulates through the media.

During the '90s the flow of misinformation was established.

If you employ an army, have money, bombard cyberspace with misinformation, innocent people tend to buy it.

I was really freaked out when I heard that Cookie Monster was going to be changed to Veggie Monster, but that turned out to be a lie.

Never before in human history has more information been available to more people. But at the same time, never before in human history has more bad information been available to more people.

Propaganda is less effective in a world of screens, because while misinformation travels as fast as electrons, corrections do too.

Screens provoke action instead of persuasion. Propaganda is less effective in a world of screens, because while misinformation travels as fast as electrons, corrections do too. Wikipedia works so well because it removes an error in a single click, making it easier to eliminate a falsehood than to post a falsehood in the first place.