Read through these examples of distortion and decide whether the speaker's position on a given issue is being distorted through;

Omission of certain key elements or

selection or

A mixture of both.

Explain the position which the speaker presenting?

$1.$in her talk on "Why drug users should be imprisoned", Walter looked at the link between crime and drug use. She did not refer to the success rate of rehabilitation.

$2.$i n their advertising campaign for the luxury car, the advertisers spoke a great deal about the stunning new features of the model but did not mention price.

$3.$in the report on the war in Iraq the news reporter only mentioned USA losses.

In her political speech, Dr Mayo focused only on the negative effects that anti$-$retroviral drugs have.

$5.$when talking to the vehicles salesman he focused on the low mileage and good bodywork of the tractor but did not mention that it had been in an accident.