The Logical Fallacies In The Article By Michelle Malkin
The logical Fallacies in the article is immense. Within the article by Michelle Malkin, there were not a lot of information to back up the supposed facts. Malkin’s article seems to target towards right-wing conservatives or the “undecided” demographic. By appealing to them, Malkin’s used different logical fallacies and slander to attack the image towards the president and others at the time. In doing so, it can give people the wrong information or impression on the targeted persons in the reading.
One of the fallacies used is the Ad Misericordiam. Malkin has used words and phrases that made it seem like Obama was a bully. She has used phrases like “Barack Obama's election-year goon squad kicked into high gear this week by kicking the president's fiercest opponents in the teeth and targeting their pocketbooks.” This made the opponents seem like victims by making the viewer feel pity for them without having thorough evidence to make this claim true. Without any evidence, it just becomes a ploy to sully the image of the president. Malkin used words that can hurt the image of the president and attack. For example, Malkin states, “Returning to bully business as usual, the Obama campaign launched a …show more content…
Michelle tried to divert the subject or add to the reasonings on why Obama is not a good president. She had stated, “Oh, and remember this? In 2008, St. Louis County Circuit Attorney Bob McCulloch and St. Louis City Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce, both Obama promoters, threatened to bring criminal libel charges against anyone who spread what they considered ‘false criticisms’ of their Dear Leader.” While going further in research of this claim, it seems that her statement was indeed a rumor. What happened was a St. Louis Sheriff and a state attorney, who supposedly called themselves the Truth Squad, went to KMOV-TV to debunk any false rumors about Obama during the 2008 election. Thus, beginning the
One of the fallacies used is the Ad Misericordiam. Malkin has used words and phrases that made it seem like Obama was a bully. She has used phrases like “Barack Obama's election-year goon squad kicked into high gear this week by kicking the president's fiercest opponents in the teeth and targeting their pocketbooks.” This made the opponents seem like victims by making the viewer feel pity for them without having thorough evidence to make this claim true. Without any evidence, it just becomes a ploy to sully the image of the president. Malkin used words that can hurt the image of the president and attack. For example, Malkin states, “Returning to bully business as usual, the Obama campaign launched a …show more content…
Michelle tried to divert the subject or add to the reasonings on why Obama is not a good president. She had stated, “Oh, and remember this? In 2008, St. Louis County Circuit Attorney Bob McCulloch and St. Louis City Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce, both Obama promoters, threatened to bring criminal libel charges against anyone who spread what they considered ‘false criticisms’ of their Dear Leader.” While going further in research of this claim, it seems that her statement was indeed a rumor. What happened was a St. Louis Sheriff and a state attorney, who supposedly called themselves the Truth Squad, went to KMOV-TV to debunk any false rumors about Obama during the 2008 election. Thus, beginning the