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Dowdified 

To change a quote to make your opponent look bad. Maureen Dowd misquoted Bush so often that the term was created "Dowdified"
The biased reporter Dowdified what the Senator said to make him look uneducated.
Dowdified by den1313 June 3, 2011
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dowdification

The omission of a word or a phrase in order to reframe a quote and alter its meaning.
This is usually done to help an author portray a particular viewpoint and is very common amongst weblogs.
The term is named after the New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd.
Her dowdification seriously mischaracterized his statement
dowdification by ghjkl January 2, 2008

dowdification

see "dowding"
see "Fallujah" as well.
Maureen Dowd! What a liberal twit!
dowdification by Sense November 30, 2004