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Cherry picking, suppressing evidence, or the fallacy of incomplete evidence is the act of pointing to individual cases or data that seem to confirm a particular position while ignoring a significant portion of related and similar cases or data that may contradict that position. Cherry picking may be committed intentionally or unintentionally.
Cherry picking is a practice of using selective facts to present to the public. It refers to the farming practice of picking only ripe cherries. Selectively presenting facts and quotes that support one's position ("cherry picking"). For example, a pharmaceutical company could choose only two trials where their product shows a positive effect ...
Cherry picking (suppressed evidence, incomplete evidence, argument by half-truth, fallacy of exclusion, card stacking, slanting) – using individual cases or data that confirm a particular position, while ignoring related cases or data that may contradict that position.
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I am insulted that there is any suggestion of intentional deceit, unfairness and closed-door cherry picking about the funds allowed to our community. LETTER: Media shouldn't plant seeds of doubt ...
Wikipedia:Coatrack (the section Fact picking) Wikipedia:How to mine a source Wikipedia:Children's, adult new reader, and large print sources questionable on reliability (using these sources is not cherrypicking in the negative sense discussed in this essay but some editorial decisions in creating these sources may be akin to cherrypicking by ...
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