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The charge is that of taking a quote out of context.
 
The charge is that of taking a quote out of context.
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The term seems to be used to suggest or claim that people have ''deliberately'' taken quotes out of context, and have done this on a large scale.  Allegations of quote mining are controversial.<ref>For example, the TalkOrigins.org Quote Mine Project documents many fallacious quotes, but the classification is controversial.</ref>
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The term seems to be used to suggest or claim that people have ''deliberately'' taken quotes out of context, and have done this on a large scale.  Allegations of quote mining are controversial.<ref>For example, the TalkOrigins.org Quote Mine Project claims to document many such fallacious quotes, but which in many cases don't stand up to scrutiny.</ref>
    
The origins of the term are unknown, but it appears to date from the late 1990s.<ref>According to [http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/quotes/mine/project.html TalkOrigins.org], the first known use was in 1996.</ref>
 
The origins of the term are unknown, but it appears to date from the late 1990s.<ref>According to [http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/quotes/mine/project.html TalkOrigins.org], the first known use was in 1996.</ref>
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