The phrase "distort information" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use the phrase when referring to any sort of misinformation or false information that is intentionally shared. For example: "The politician intentionally distorted information in order to sway public opinion."
They demonstrate how the detention regime's massive bureaucracy is used to obfuscate, mislead, and distort information.
"It's unfortunate when diplomats behave like criminals and distort information," he said.
You must take care not to distort information either by disingenuous phrasing or by omission.
It alleged that Dahlin's human rights group, the Chinese Urgent Action Working Group or CUAWG, had "hired and trained others to gather, fabricate and distort information about China".
While much is omitted – the poverty and pollution endemic to certain regions in China, or the unrest among Uighur and Tibetan minorities – CCTV-I does not appear to falsify or blatantly distort information.
For example, with Professors Hau Lee and Paddy Padmanabhan, he studied how a lack of information sharing in a supply chain can distort information about market demand (termed "the bullwhip effect") and lead to suboptimal performance.
One answer is that it undermines democracy: how can Congress or the public make informed votes if both are fed distorted information?
Can I remind its editor, Peter Wright, of the first clause of the editors' code of practice: i) "The press must take care not to publish inaccurate, misleading or distorted information... ii) A significant inaccuracy, misleading statement or distortion once recognised must be corrected, promptly and with due prominence, and - where appropriate - an apology published.
"A moral agenda is not an excuse for distorting information to score points".
i) The Press must take care not to publish inaccurate, misleading or distorted information, including pictures.
I believe the DfT has consistently fed distorted information to ministers for years.
