Epidemiologists have long been aware of the baleful effects of contradictory findings reported in the media, which confusethepublic about what threats to health are worth worrying about.
The right of collective bargaining for private sector workers is not at issue in Wisconsin, though President Obama and the Democrats want to confusethepublic on precisely that question.
Representative ERIC CANTOR (Republican, Virginia): To obfuscate what the House will vote on in an illegitimate effort to confusethepublic, and thereby fraudulently insulate certain representatives from accountability for their conduct of their offices.
What they refuse to recognize is that while doing so may confusethepublic for awhile about whom its real enemy is, the footage from their planned operation will destroy in one fell swoop any accomplishments the IDF may garner this week in Gaza.
You will also be unable by any reasonable standard to deny that Senator Sessions intentionally and purposefully sought to mislead, misinform and confusethe American public.
It is a euphemistic term used to describe a political accommodation which, in the current debate, has been carefully "spun" to confuse and play on public sensitivities and emotions.