Omission as a Tool of Manipulation
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Omission as a Tool of Manipulation: Three Case Studies – Pandemic, Climate, Middle East # Omitting information is a subtle yet powerful form of manipulation. It doesn’t create overt “fake news” but skews perception through selectivity and loss of context. This article documents three critical topics – COVID-19, the climate crisis, and the Middle East conflict – where factual distortion through omission has been demonstrably present.