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word usage hate

I hate when survey results are reported and respondants are cited as "admitting" that they [do some behavior]. It casts the behavior as bad while at the same time it implying that respondants all practice it&emdash;whether they "admit" it or not.

present in many news articles about surveys, but spurred by this bbc article on how information addiction is worse for you than marijana. also obnoxious: taking obvious claims and hyping them 'till they're beyond ridiculous.