The issue that first came to light around LIBOR fixing was whether or not banks had given false information to create a false impression of their viability.

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But as manufacturing accounts for only about one-fifth of total output, the effect is to create the false impression that the whole economy is slowing down.

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The 'Dean scream' dirty trick which, as you know, was created by filtering out the deafening crowd's roar to create the false impression of a maniacal yell (a sound clip used to this day during the Political Junkie segment on NPR's Talk of the Nation).

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