unreliable narrator
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His second day of testimony in federal court in Oakland, California grew testy at times, as OpenAI's lawyers sought to portray the Tesla tycoon as an unreliable narrator of the company's history.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
Isaac: We spoke that he’s very much an unreliable narrator.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025
The psychologist had spent nine hours interviewing Norris and told the hearing he was an "unreliable narrator of his own life".
From BBC • Oct. 8, 2025
Reubens fashions himself as an unreliable narrator in the film, questioning his own memories of the past and the veracity of the facts along the way.
From Salon • Feb. 6, 2025
Are you familiar with the phrase unreliable narrator?
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
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