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They shouldn't be allowed to get away with saying that. It's misleading, obscene, defamatory, inflammatory, blasphemous, malicious, intrusive, disrespectful or deceitful. Or alternatively, reflecting a number of newer categories of alleged communicative disorder, something might be considered to be ‘edited in a misleading or dishonest way’ (of a broadcast documentary). Or it could be ‘glorifying’ (of a statement referring to a terrorist incident or campaign). Most days some dispute about media discourse forces its way into public consciousness on one or other of these grounds. Disputes along such lines have become an almost continuous, reflexive dimension of meaning in the media. Allegations rarely go undefended. You've misunderstood, there was a legitimate public interest, it can be shown to be true, this was reasonable comment in the circumstances, no offence was intended.

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