dowdification

101 Ways to Abuse a Quote The New York Times pioneered the journalistic technique known as dowdification, which consists of using ellipses to change the meaning of a quote.

From the WSJ Opinion Archives James Taranto 2007

The BBC has gone beyond "dowdification" into something else.

Biased BBC 2009

The BBC has gone beyond "dowdification" into something else.

Archive 2009-01-23 2009

Dowdification at NPR Curt Levey of the Committee for Justice notes an especially egregious bit of dowdification -- the practice, pioneered by the New York Times's Maureen Dowd, of distorting the meaning of a quote by leaving parts of it out.

'Populism of the Privileged' 2010

Although she had spoken the words Gibson attributed to her, his rendition of the quote was a dowdification.

The War Against the Normal 2008

And does anybody remember why the term “dowdification” was coined?

Dowd v. Miller « BuzzMachine 2005

Although she had spoken the words Gibson attributed to her, his rendition of the quote was a dowdification.

Dissecting Leftism 2008

“And that is the point of this thread. .not that the dowdification of Charles†™ post (”The only crowd shot I†™ ve seen so far is at Yahoo, where it looks like the turnout was much less than 100,000 people. ” wow, sounds so DEFINITIVE and so LYING, doesn†™ t it?) proves a “rightwing agenda” but is a sad matter of showcasing the moral depravity of those aggitating for a US military defeat in Iraq and widespread anti-Semitism.”

Think Progress » Protest Turnout: A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Lies 2005

And that is the point of this thread. .not that the dowdification of Charles†™ post (”The only crowd shot I†™ ve seen so far is at Yahoo, where it looks like the turnout was much less than 100,000 people. ” wow, sounds so DEFINITIVE and so LYING, doesn†™ t it?) proves a “rightwing agenda” but is a sad matter of showcasing the moral depravity of those aggitating for a US military defeat in Iraq and widespread anti-Semitism.

Think Progress » Protest Turnout: A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Lies 2005

(It does, however, ban dowdification -- "Quotes are sacred.

The Krugman Fix 2009