Getting Duped

Statements made in the media can surreptitiously plant distortions in the minds of millions. Learning to recognize two commonly used fallacies can help you separate fact from fiction

How did the true situation in Iraq become so grossly distorted in American minds?
... We do not think the deceptions were premeditated, however. Instead they are most likely the result of common types of reasoning errors, which appear frequently in discussions in the news media and which can easily fool an unsuspecting public. Full Story »

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David Shugarts
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by David Shugarts - Oct. 1, 2008

This story should get a big "duh-uh-uh" as the response. Two ivory tower academics want to teach us about variations of the straw man, and reveal unto us that it is a technique being used in the current political scene. Duh-uh-uh! Then they actually tell us they don't think "the deceptions are premeditated." Are you fricking kidding? Somewhere right now Karl Rove is high-fiving one of his minions saying, "See, I told you they would never pin it on us!" News flash: A lot of us (I don't know the percentage) have been watching this kind of manipulation of public opinion for seven years, recognizing the logical/psychological games being played, and wondering why the rest of you seem to have blinders on. What you need to do is hack into the website where the neocons have been distributing the Word of the Day, and then trace all that back to the source. That's the REAL story that nobody is covering.

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