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<blockquote>Word of advice: if you are an evolutionist and don’t want to be quoted by evolution critics for being critical of evolution, resist the urge — don’t criticize it. If tempted, even if the reality of evolution’s gaping holes is staring you in the face, close your eyes and repeat the phrase “overwhelming evidence” or “nothing in biology makes sense apart from evolution.”<ref name="dembski"/></blockquote>
<blockquote>Word of advice: if you are an evolutionist and don’t want to be quoted by evolution critics for being critical of evolution, resist the urge — don’t criticize it. If tempted, even if the reality of evolution’s gaping holes is staring you in the face, close your eyes and repeat the phrase “overwhelming evidence” or “nothing in biology makes sense apart from evolution.”<ref name="dembski"/></blockquote>
== Better example ==
Here is a better example of quoting someone out of context. Maureen Dowd wrote in the New York Times:<ref>http://volokh.com/2003_05_11_volokh_archive.html#200292779</ref>
<blockquote> Busy chasing off Saddam, the president and vice president had told us that Al Qaeda was spent. "Al Qaeda is on the run," President Bush said last week. "That group of terrorists who attacked our country is slowly but surely being decimated. ... They're not a problem anymore." </blockquote>
Pres. Bush actually said:
<blockquote> Al Qaeda is on the run. That group of terrorists who attacked our country is slowly, but surely being decimated. Right now, about half of all the top al Qaeda operatives are either jailed or dead. In either case, they're not a problem anymore. And we'll stay on the hunt. To make sure America is a secure country, the al Qaeda terrorists have got to understand it doesn't matter how long it's going to take, they will be brought to justice. </blockquote>
After pressure from bloggers, Dowd did put the full quote in a later column, but the New York Times never ran a correction.
The problem with the about "full quote" from Peter Ward is that it is also a misquote. The bold face part appeared on page 29 of a book, and the italics part appeared on page 35.<ref>http://www.csicop.org/intelligentdesignwatch/designers.html</ref> By running the quotes together, it has been Dowdified, as the bloggers say. Also, Dembski originally just quoted one sentence, not the three-sentence boldface quote. So the above description of Dembski is an example of underhanded misquoting.
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