This is the 6750th most frequent Chinese word.
歪曲
"Distort" or "misrepresent."
歪曲 in this sentence indicates the deliberate act of distorting or misrepresenting facts for an ulterior motive.
他歪曲了事实来掩盖自己的错误。
He distorted the facts to cover his own mistakes.
In this context, 歪曲 refers to unethical practices in journalism that involve altering or misrepresenting information.
新闻报道不得采用歪曲事实的方法。
News reporting must not use methods that distort the facts.
Here, 歪曲 suggests an accidental or subjective misrepresentation of historical details, possibly due to misunderstanding.