misreporting
/ˌmɪsrɪˈpɔːrtɪŋ/
noun
- The act or practice of giving false or inaccurate information, especially in news or official reports.
- The company faced a fine for financial misreporting.
- Misreporting of scientific studies can lead to public confusion.
- The newspaper was criticized for its misreporting of the election results.
verb
- Present participle of misreport; to report something incorrectly or falsely.
- They were misreporting their income to avoid taxes.
- The journalist is misreporting the facts about the protest.
- The news channel keeps misreporting the weather forecast.