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Time Warner Cable: 'Directv Hates Puppies'
Time Warner Cable is a rival company to Directv and their commercials demonstrate the competitive anguish between them. In the Time Warner Cable advert: “DirecTV Hates Puppies”, Time Warner commits both the Ad Hominem and Non Sequitur fallacies. These are the common fallacies where the opposition of an argument attacks the arguer, rather than the argument itself by using illogical conclusions and reasonings. In this advertisement, Time Warner executes this fallacy by saying that “DirecTV hates puppies” due to the fact that DirecTV charge people every month for a HD plan, leaving those with less money for dog food which puppies love. Whereas Time Warner doesn’t have an HD plan, leaving a buyer with more money for dog food, therefore Time Warner
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