nutpick

1. (Internet) To cherry-pick poor representatives of a viewpoint (i.e., from Internet postings) in order to disparage it.Examples: "Nutpicking has gotten easy over the last few years–just check out the Twitter feeds of Teanderthal Members of Congress."; "The blog-era term "nutpicking", which refers to cherry-picking the worst or nuttiest comments to disparage a larger group ("liberals", "conservatives", "feminists") by falsely implying the views are widely-held within the group, needs to be revived. It's very common on Twitter."; "If there’s a right-wing analog to the Media Matters machine, it often comes in the ongoing effort to “nutpick” radical professors, highlight their most ridiculous (and often years-old) comments, and try to drive them out of their jobs."Internet