fact sheet

fact sheet
   a selection of truths and untruths calculated to deceive
   Literally, a summary of information issued to confirm ephemeral publication, such as a radio broadcast:
    Confidence in the claims of special interest groups was further undermined when the Commission of Racial Equality withdrew a 'fact sheet' on employment which wrongly said 'only one per cent of solicitors in England' were from ethnic minorities. {Sunday Telegraph, 27 August 1995 — the correct figure was over 3%)

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