Question

Find one video or cartoon example of one of these fallacies on the Web. The example must take the form of a video/cartoon (check out YouTube, for instance, or search for the fallacies in cartoon banks). The Cartoon Network, Family Guy, Stephen Colbert/Jon Stewart, or even just plain old cartoon websites are good places to look. Once you've located the example, paste in a link to the file (embed it) in your Discussion Board thread. Finally, explain why you think this is a good example of the fallacy. Make sure to present the argument that the video or cartoon presents by identifying its implicit premise(s) and conclusion.

Answer 1

Answer:

Fallacy:

Fallacy has many meanings, in our analysis fallacy is considered as something that is believed to be true but is erroneous.

classic example of fallacious reasoning from Family Guy:

link is given below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAJckW2gQ30

Family guy is one of the most popular network animated shows in modern history and continues to go strong.

Part of the charm of family guy is how offensive it can be and how willing the writers are to push the envelope of what can be said on primetime.

But even with that, sometimes family guy goes too far with its own material and crosses a line.

There’s a joke about Peter Griffin’s skintone being questioned after he joins an illegal organization in relation to a threat meter, where the darker the tone, the more dangerous the being.

The show also made fun of Michael J. Fox’s Parkinson’s Disease, which can seem like a low blow.

Herbert is one of the creepier characters on the show and has an unhealthy obsession with Chris Griffin but his past is explored and we get a German connection in one episode.

The show also drives in a critical health issue in a barbershop quartet-because subtlety doesn’t exist here.

Two of the family guy episodes got banned, one of them was more of a publicity stunt but the second actually only got aired on dvd for its material

The infamous “prom night dumpster baby” is of course, on this list as it made fun of a real and baffling story.

Seth MacFarlane also made fun of the late Kennedys in a pretty unsettling way.

Then we get two creepy moments dealing with adult men, one of them being Quagmire and the other being Bill Cosby, knowing what we know now.

Another classic example of fallacy in Ernie's claim:

Critical Thinking: False Cause Fallacy Example

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5xrr4RyqaE

From Sesame Street:

, Ernie is seen holding a banana in his left ear. Because something like this is out of the ordinary, Bert asks Ernie why he's doing it. He replies that it keeps the alligators away from him and out of Sesame Street.

when Bert brings up that it there aren't any alligators on Sesame Street anyway, Ernie says "Right! It's doing a good job then isn't it, Bert?"

Explanation of the fallacy in Ernie's claim:

(1) Attributing a cause to an unrelated effect--in this case, claiming the absence of alligaotors is due to holding a banana in his left ear

(2) The fallacy becomes more transparent as Ernie could have claimed the same effect by (i) replacing the banana by any other substance or (ii) saying that his NOT HOLDING a banana in his right ear keeps the alligators away!