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Cherry picking,
suppressing evidence, or the
fallacy of incomplete evidence is the act of pointing to individual cases or data that seem to confirm a particular position, while ignoring a significant portion of related cases or data that may contradict that position. It is a kind of fallacy of selective attention, the most common example of which is the
confirmation bias. Cherry picking may be committed intentionally or unintentionally. This fallacy is a major problem in public debate.