Person A: I can’t understand why the news media gives so much coverage to Lindsay
Lohan. She is not that? Continued: newsworthy or important. Person B: Sure she is newsworthy and important. After all, look at all the news coverage she gets!
Instructions: Identify the argument fallacy in each of the items below.
A. Appeal to the Person-
B. Red Herring-
C. Appeal to Ignorance-
D. Appeal to Popularity-
E. Appeal to Tradition-
F. Genetic Fallacy-
G. Straw Man-
H. Appeal to Emotion-
I. Fallacy of Equivocation-
J. Fallacy of Composition-
K. Fallacy of Division-
L. Begging the Question-
M. False Dilemma-
N. Slippery Slope-
O. Hasty Generalization-
P. Faulty Analogy-
Lohan. She is not that? Continued: newsworthy or important. Person B: Sure she is newsworthy and important. After all, look at all the news coverage she gets!
Instructions: Identify the argument fallacy in each of the items below.
A. Appeal to the Person-
B. Red Herring-
C. Appeal to Ignorance-
D. Appeal to Popularity-
E. Appeal to Tradition-
F. Genetic Fallacy-
G. Straw Man-
H. Appeal to Emotion-
I. Fallacy of Equivocation-
J. Fallacy of Composition-
K. Fallacy of Division-
L. Begging the Question-
M. False Dilemma-
N. Slippery Slope-
O. Hasty Generalization-
P. Faulty Analogy-