false light vs story

false light

noun
  • A point of view resulting in a misleading or inaccurate representation of a person, situation, or fact. 

  • A cause of action arising under the common law where a person is portrayed in a way which, while not technically false, is misleading and likely to cause embarrassment to that person. 

story

noun
  • An account of real or fictional events. 

  • A lie, fiction. 

  • A sequence of events, or a situation, such as might be related in an account. 

  • A soap opera. 

  • A chronological collection of pictures or short videos published by a user on an application or website that is typically only available for a short period. 

verb
  • To tell as a story; to relate or narrate about. 

How often have the words false light and story occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )