Sentence examples for picking evidence from inspiring English sources

That same month, Exxon accused the Columbia journalists who worked on the story of ethics violations for "cherry picking" evidence.  .

Evidence on many points is mixed or inconclusive, they pointed out, and opponents of drug reform are guilty of "cherry picking" evidence to support their agenda.

They start from their political ideological opposition to climate solutions and work backwards, seeking out cherry picked evidence to justify their predetermined conclusions, thus ignoring the 97percentt of inconvenient scientific evidence.

If so, you might be suffering from "confirmation bias" – the tendency to only pick evidence to support your viewpoint.

You attempt to pick evidence that coincides with the prosecutors' questions, or that will absolutely grill a lying, sack-of-shit witness – though this sometimes goes horribly awry.

As you all know, I defend the jury system, and I defend jurors who are 'drafted,' listen to hand picked evidence by the lawyers, instructed on the precise law to apply by the judge and then who collectively deliberate.

UnfOneunately fof the online prosecutors, Obama can't pardon Avery, since his who not a federal conviction.

One study by the Mayo Clinic documented the presence of cognitive dissonance in the anti-vaccine movement, and found it was very common for anti-vaxxers to cherry pick evidence that suited their beliefs or provided an explanation regardless of its quality.

Looking at a large body of psychological research, Mr. Sperber wanted to figure out why people persisted in picking out evidence that supported their views and ignored the rest — what is known as confirmation bias — leading them to hold on to a belief doggedly in the face of overwhelming contrary evidence.

Does Pinker cherry-pick evidence to present the most recent apology of modernism and things as they are?

One reason is that, with the expanding pool of data and studies funded by various interest groups, it is easy to cherry-pick evidence that supports any chosen policy direction.