Word: misleading
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Moreover, without a strong and trusted press, people would have almost no way to keep their government and other big institutions honest. Government, particularly the Federal Establishment, has vast powers to mislead the people and manage the news. Officials can conceal impending actions until their effects are irreversible. Other big institutions-corporations, unions, hospitals, police forces-prefer to cloak their decision-making process and their performance from the scrutiny of the public, whose lives may be deeply affected. And despite the passage of shield laws to protect journalists from having to reveal sources, they are regularly subpoenaed to testify about...
...distorting effect of the confrontational style was also evident in a 1982 CBS documentary, The Uncounted Enemy: A Vietnam Deception, which alleged that General William Westmoreland, when commander of U.S. forces in South Viet Nam, was part of a "conspiracy" to mislead the public and perhaps President Johnson about the strength of enemy forces. Correspondent Mike Wallace, the most feared questioner on 60 Minutes, challenged Westmoreland on events more than 15 years old and reduced the general to flustered confusion. But after an internal investigation, CBS concluded that the charge of conspiracy was "inappropriate," material supportive of Westmoreland...
...didn't have rent increases, we would lose rent control altogether," Wylie adds. "I don't think it is wise to put things on the ballot that mislead people as to what can be done." Wylie was one of the councilors who voted down the referendum when it came before the city council in August...
While registration foes might cheer at the sorry record of action by both the Selective Service and the Justice Department, the issue goes beyond whether their mission is good or bad. The actions of the two agencies in continuing to mislead the public as to their capabilities should disappoint registration advocates and opponents alike...
...that our society will evolve to such a point that the concern for human life will make abortion a socially and morally objectionable practice, as well as useless. In the meantime, responsible debate on the issue of abortion should continue; articles like Ms. Idelson's, however, only serve to mislead and confuse, instead of instruct and enlighten. Michael T. Matthews...