Myth Busted: Turns Out Bankruptcy Can Wipe Out Student Loan Debt After All

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3. Yes, there is.

Partial information = misinformation. Not because the information is false, but because listeners will misconstrue the content in favor of their own biases and hopes, and the presenter is usually aware of this.

We see it a lot with bare nouns: "Parents say there's nothing wrong with sex with their kids." To make that sentence true, all you need are two parents who say that--and I'm sure given how many parents exist at least two are that warped so it's not a false statement (however reprehensible the content). On the other hand, one way of understanding it is "all parents". Another way is "most parents" or "the average parent." The point is, it doesn't say and what's read into it determines the content, and that resulting "content" is frequently false.

That's the case here. "Student loans can be forgiven in bankruptcy." Assumption from those in debt, "All loans, therefore my loan." But the assumption becomes the content, and people point to the assertion made by a lawyer to claim their assumption is true when the assertion may be markedly different.