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The issue is that all the male-female relationships are portrayed as bad, whereas female-female relationships are portrayed as good (even when the girl was underage).

But the reality is not nearly what is being portrayed by many media and political organizations.

The Iranian President or Ayatollah is often portrayed as a dictator, but the reality is quite a bit more complicated than that.

It violates neutrality that he is portrayed without any criticism and with the appearance of scholarly credibility.

Despite that it reluctantly turned over its data, every news outlet portrayed it as a victory.

Biker gangs have often been portrayed in the media in a very stereotypical manner that has little bases in reality.

Cortana comes from the Halo games, where she is an AI, portrayed as a female.

It is not an existential threat to civilisation, the way it is often portrayed.

Lack of clear communication is actually a big problem in the real world, just not in a way that is commonly portrayed in sitcoms.

Is the government there really as backwards thinking as it's portrayed?

I think most people rationally understand that it often takes money to make money, but the startup scene is usually portrayed differently.

Not sure about that one, I think the argument drastically varies, but men are more often portrayed in a powerful, dominant role.

That was not the fear (although perhaps "portrayed" as that, but it was never the fear by those who commanded the action.

Robot TV series The one where the anti-establishment hacker hero is a paranoid schizophrenic drug addict and the only other "hacktivists" are portrayed as terrorists?

I wouldn't read to much into how "normal" Terry is portrayed as being.

"Hacking" is not what's portrayed in movies.