The Last Breath
Straw man fallacy
"The NRA wants hundreds of children and teens to be killed annually." is one example of the straw man fallacy, akin to "The swimming pool companies want hundreds of kids to drown annually.
The Straw Man fallacy is committed when a person simply ignores a person's actual position and substitutes a distorted, exaggerated or misrepresented version of that position.
Wishful Thinking Fallacy
I want P to be true. Therefore, P is true. An example of this would be faith in Obama. People want to believe he will make changes, but he has not. Cha-Cha.
Wishful thinking is the formation of beliefs and making decisions according to what might be pleasing to imagine instead of by appealing to evidence, rationality, or reality. Suppresed Evidence Fallacy “ Target phones” Sprint Samsung glaxy s II They say great price costs 49.99 and then in small print on the page behind the GREAT DEAL PRICE it says only availiabe with 2 year contract and must purchase data plan.
The fallacy of suppressed evidence can be thought of as exhibiting half-truths or 'guilt by omission'.
Newspaper Fallacy
Further doubts about the safety of the controversial MMR vaccine have been raised with the publication of research which said trials of the jab were inadequate and did not address fears about its long-term effects.
There was not 'adequate evidence of safety' of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, Dr Andrew Wakefield, consultant gastroenterologist at the Royal Free Hospital in London said.
Trials of the vaccine were too small and did not follow children up for a long enough period to gauge potential problems, he said in an article published in the respected medical journal Adverse Drug Reactions.
But the Department of Health and Medicines Control Agency said it 'totally rejected' any suggestion that MMR vaccines were licensed prematurely.
Dr Wakefield's report said there was also evidence more than 20 years ago that combining three live viruses in one jab could
"The NRA wants hundreds of children and teens to be killed annually." is one example of the straw man fallacy, akin to "The swimming pool companies want hundreds of kids to drown annually.
The Straw Man fallacy is committed when a person simply ignores a person's actual position and substitutes a distorted, exaggerated or misrepresented version of that position.
Wishful Thinking Fallacy
I want P to be true. Therefore, P is true. An example of this would be faith in Obama. People want to believe he will make changes, but he has not. Cha-Cha.
Wishful thinking is the formation of beliefs and making decisions according to what might be pleasing to imagine instead of by appealing to evidence, rationality, or reality. Suppresed Evidence Fallacy “ Target phones” Sprint Samsung glaxy s II They say great price costs 49.99 and then in small print on the page behind the GREAT DEAL PRICE it says only availiabe with 2 year contract and must purchase data plan.
The fallacy of suppressed evidence can be thought of as exhibiting half-truths or 'guilt by omission'.
Newspaper Fallacy
Further doubts about the safety of the controversial MMR vaccine have been raised with the publication of research which said trials of the jab were inadequate and did not address fears about its long-term effects.
There was not 'adequate evidence of safety' of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, Dr Andrew Wakefield, consultant gastroenterologist at the Royal Free Hospital in London said.
Trials of the vaccine were too small and did not follow children up for a long enough period to gauge potential problems, he said in an article published in the respected medical journal Adverse Drug Reactions.
But the Department of Health and Medicines Control Agency said it 'totally rejected' any suggestion that MMR vaccines were licensed prematurely.
Dr Wakefield's report said there was also evidence more than 20 years ago that combining three live viruses in one jab could