I¡¯m no fan of the current war on ¡°misinformation¡± ¡ª if anything, I¡¯m a conscientious objector ¡ª and one of the reasons is the term¡¯s pedigree.
Although the Grammar Curmudgeon in me freely admits that the word is a perfectly fine one, the effort by public and private sector alike to hunt down misinformers to keep them from misinforming the public represents a return to the bad old days that once upon a time liberalism sensibly opposed.
First, as to the word itself.
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