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An '''out of context''' quotation is a kind of quote mining or discrediting attack which attempts to "use a person's words" against them.
"Putting words in someone's mouth" is another example.
Sometimes, even a subtle change in wording can radically change what the speaker meant to say.
Like, "Most pollution comes from trees," a remark attributed by Anderson supporters to [[Ronald Reagan]] during the 1980 presidential campaign.
Or, "She has stated that she is not impartial or balanced." (referrnig to [[Ann Coulter]]). Her political opponents seized upon this misquotation as an "admission" that she is partial or unbalanced in her writing, as a way of accusing her of political [[bias]].
What she actually said is that she does not '''pretend''' to be that way.
<ref name="polemicist">Aloi, Daniel. "[http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/April06/coulter.pre.dea.html Conservative pundit Ann Coulter '84 to speak May 7]". ''[[Cornell University|Cornell University Chronicle]]''. [[April 17]] [[2006]]. Retrieved on [[July 10]] [[2006]].</ref>
"Putting words in someone's mouth" is another example.
Sometimes, even a subtle change in wording can radically change what the speaker meant to say.
Like, "Most pollution comes from trees," a remark attributed by Anderson supporters to [[Ronald Reagan]] during the 1980 presidential campaign.
Or, "She has stated that she is not impartial or balanced." (referrnig to [[Ann Coulter]]). Her political opponents seized upon this misquotation as an "admission" that she is partial or unbalanced in her writing, as a way of accusing her of political [[bias]].
What she actually said is that she does not '''pretend''' to be that way.
<ref name="polemicist">Aloi, Daniel. "[http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/April06/coulter.pre.dea.html Conservative pundit Ann Coulter '84 to speak May 7]". ''[[Cornell University|Cornell University Chronicle]]''. [[April 17]] [[2006]]. Retrieved on [[July 10]] [[2006]].</ref>