Word: spuriousness
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...deep into the facts behind his sketchy anecdotes about regulatory mischief. He is working squarely in the tradition of other zealots who promulgate such tales to support their antigovernment agenda. Environmentalists have been sounding the alarm about such so-called horror stories for years, but tragically, these spurious accounts are being recycled into policymaking, and in some cases the falsehoods are retold even after the truth is known. Thank you for blowing...
Perhaps we would be more enlightened about the position of the United Ministry by redirecting our attention to Webster's second definition for cult: "a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious." The factor that currently differentiates the religious groups recognized by the Ministry from cults is that the groups have been around for a while--long enough, at least, not to disturb the current theological balance of power...
...example, the religious right has been especially fond of "The Clinton Chronicles," a so-called religious documentary video which does not even meet the scrupulous journalistic standards set by "Hard Copy" and "A Current Affair." This video features spurious, bizarre tales about the President and finds him guilty of not only rampant philandery but drug trafficking and murder as well. In perhaps the most ironic development in tele-evangelistic history, Jerry Falwell used his "Old Time Gospel Hour" TV program as a forum to market "The Clinton Chronicles...
Inside you'll find articles curious, containing lines truthful and spurious...
...clever insinuations have enabled his rotten work to poison political debate. The battle against The Bell Curve is not a contest of competing scientific conceptions but a struggle between good and evil. Blacks are the only Americans that are still forced to defend their humanity in the face of spurious slurs. Charles Murray and all he stands for must be driven from academic, social and political discourse like a diseased...