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→Bad reference to lawyers: That's the way it works.
The article is wrong insofar as it relates to lawyers. Quote mining is selective quoting. Lawyers acting ethically do not selectively quote. A lawyer's first obligation is as an officer of the court. For example, when I am in court I have an obligation to advise the court of all relevant cases, not just those that might assist my client. Furthermore, I cannot misrepresent an opponent's position by selectively quoting them. Any lawyer who selectively quotes and, by doing so, misleads a court, has failed in their ethical obligations. I am happy to take a stab at a rewrite if no-one has any objections. --[[User:TCochrane|TCochrane]] 18:43, 16 December 2008 (EST)
The article is wrong insofar as it relates to lawyers. Quote mining is selective quoting. Lawyers acting ethically do not selectively quote. A lawyer's first obligation is as an officer of the court. For example, when I am in court I have an obligation to advise the court of all relevant cases, not just those that might assist my client. Furthermore, I cannot misrepresent an opponent's position by selectively quoting them. Any lawyer who selectively quotes and, by doing so, misleads a court, has failed in their ethical obligations. I am happy to take a stab at a rewrite if no-one has any objections. --[[User:TCochrane|TCochrane]] 18:43, 16 December 2008 (EST)
:I'm not sure what happened there. I posted the above entry and no-one objeected. I changed the article (for the better in my view) and it was reverted without explanation. What gives? --[[User:TCochrane|TCochrane]] 23:42, 17 December 2008 (EST)
:I'm not sure what happened there. I posted the above entry and no-one objeected. I changed the article (for the better in my view) and it was reverted without explanation. What gives? --[[User:TCochrane|TCochrane]] 23:42, 17 December 2008 (EST)
:: Unfortunately, that's the way things often work here. Having said that, however, I do have a problem with your edits (which were not, as implied above, to do with the legal aspects), in that they define quote mining as being the same as quoting out of context. If this is what quote mining is, why the new term for it? [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 21:33, 18 December 2008 (EST)
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