Five weeks of testimony led to a jury verdict of $425, 000 in which the jury determined that the story they pressured us to broadcast the story we resisted telling was in fact false distorted or slanted.
You may recall that Jane Akre a former reporter here sued Fox 13 in a whistleblower lawsuit claiming that she was fired for refusing to distort her report;
We experience and understand the world through signals that are received by the senses and interpreted by the brain - and both stages are subject to distortion.
(n) a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal), Example:heavy metal guitar players use vacuum tube amplifiers to produce extreme distortion
n. [ L. distortio: cf. F. distortion. ] 1. The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A wresting from the true meaning. Bp. Wren. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or out of true position; crookedness; perversion. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. (Med.) An unnatural deviation of shape or position of any part of the body producing visible deformity. [ 1913 Webster ]