Question

Go to the news media and blogs and find five different fallacies in the current political discourse. in MS Word, provide FIVE different examples of fallacies you found in the news media or Blogs on the web. State the kind of fallacy, the fallacious statement, and the source for each example.

Answer 1

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-42873633 where are the world nukes is the headline of this article . This is a scary article oulining founded and unfounded stories on the nations who are nucler bomb ready . Such articlles develop an unnecessary fear among people and make them more defense friendly, letting the governments spend more on nuclear weapon than on other priorities .

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42928971, this news unnecessarily invades in the privacy of a celebrity and makes a health issue talk of the world . This undermines respect for individuals .

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/02/cameroons-language-divide-180204103655592.html Title of the news  A look at Cameroon's language divide, the news speaks about the language divide in the region on language . Such news polarizes people and puts a bad image in the young minds .

https://www.reuters.com/politics, explosive memo relaeased , this is a news which unnecessarily scandalizes the stature and integrity of US president . https://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2008/07/the_flipside_of_the_american_d_1 The blog

The flip-side of the American dream:Why does America resent its poor?

condemns popular American thoughts .

All these statements and news are trying to create an atmospere of fear and lack of trust for government . These media live on creating false fears and than nurturing them .