denial
The denial (from French démentir "to contradict") is a denial, revocation or correction of personal, public or official reports .
Denials play an important role where rumors have an impact on reality, for example on the stock exchange or in politics. A denial is usually made publicly.
A distinction is to be made between the denial and the correction, where a report is not fundamentally contradicted, but only essential incorrect components of the report are corrected, for which there is a request for correction guaranteed by press law.
Over-specific denial
One speaks of an over-specific denial if the denial was deliberately formulated more specifically than necessary with the intention of faking a correction or a contradiction. As a rule, only one (correct) statement is made about a partial aspect of the criticism. The statement that was originally to be denied, on the other hand, remains unchallenged, which is often difficult to see at first glance. For example, a company can announce that it will "never rush to cut jobs" due to an economic crisis without contradicting the actual rumor (plans to cut jobs). In spite of this, the company can aim at a not hasty downsizing without acting contrary to the statement of the denial.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ démentir quelqu'un : to contradict someone; démentir quelque chose : to deny something; Pons Large Dictionary French, 2004 edition, p. 188. ISBN 978-3-12-517181-7
- ↑ Brauner et al .: Lexicon of Press and Public Relations; Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag GmbH, Munich 2001. ISBN 3-486-25030-2