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A false accusation is a claim or allegation of wrongdoing that is untrue and/or otherwise unsupported by facts. [1] False accusations are also known as groundless accusations, unfounded accusations, false allegations, false claims or unsubstantiated allegations. They can occur in any of the following contexts: Informally in everyday life
Fraud rings or groups may fake traffic deaths or stage collisions to make false insurance or exaggerated claims and collect insurance money. [19] The fraud may involve the engineering of a deliberate collision with the innocent driver of another vehicle. [20] Some fraud rings involve insurance claims adjusters who authorize payment on the ...
A particular use for puff pieces may be in health journalism. Providers of alternative medicine may be unable to make claims due to laws against false advertising, but they may be able to place stories and testimonials with journalists who can write as they wish under press freedom laws. Recruiting health journalists to write puff pieces may be ...
Trump falsely claims that crime has skyrocketed since he left office in 2021, particularly in Democratic-led big cities that he says are overrun with violence and bloodshed. Recommended Stories
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Reebok, one of the leaders in fitness footwear, is facing criticism by the National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus over exaggerating the health and performance ...
The scammer will then hand over their insurance details – sometimes already prepared and written down. A few weeks after the accident the victim's insurers will write to the victim with details of the other driver's claim which will be exaggerated with costs like car hire, recovery and whiplash injuries. [18]
Presentation of data that seems to support claims while suppressing or refusing to consider data that conflict with those claims. [58] This is an example of selection bias or cherry picking, a distortion of evidence or data that arises from the way that the data are collected. It is sometimes referred to as the selection effect.