Idiom
false light
Meaning
A point of view resulting in a misleading or inaccurate representation of a person, situation, or fact.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The news report put the politician in a false light.”
“The edited video interview put the candidate in a false light, making his honest comments seem rude.”
“By selectively quoting only his most controversial statements, the article cast his entire career in a false light, ignoring his years of dedicated public service.”
Examples
simple
“The news report put the politician in a false light.”
contextual
“The edited video interview put the candidate in a false light, making his honest comments seem rude.”
complex
“By selectively quoting only his most controversial statements, the article cast his entire career in a false light, ignoring his years of dedicated public service.”
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