I've seen similar myself, people in the media or in politics, top-sheeting a briefing, getting things wrong, or grabbing an irrelevant side issue and running with it out of context in completely the wrong direction, usually to fit a narrative. But speaking as if they're the utmost authority on...
Long Sunday morning gin ramble follows, don't read if that will bore you.
I prefer a London Dry, either with soda, neat ("a Churchill"*), or the odd martini/gibson. I'm a supertaster so I like getting the subtle flavours through - the bitterness in tonic overpowers it for me. Not meaning to...