A manufactured controversy (sometimes shortened to manufactroversy) is a contrived disagreement, typically motivated by profit or ideology, designed to create public confusion concerning an issue about which there is no substantial academic dispute.[1][2] This concept has also been referred to as manufactured uncertainty.[3]
- ^ Manufactroversy: "A contrived or non-existent controversy, manufactured by political ideologues or interest groups who use deception and specious arguments to make their case", Paul McFedries, Wordspy.com, December 16, 2009
- ^ Ceccarelli, Leah (April 11, 2008). "Manufactroversy: The Art of Creating Controversy Where None Existed". Science Progress. Center for American Progress. Archived from the original on August 21, 2019.
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