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Running head: LOGICAL FALLACIES 1 Logical Fallacies Institution Affiliation Date LOGICAL FALLACIES 2 Logical Fallacies In the modern world, the media platforms are flooded with high volumes of information based on facts and personal opinions each day. In most cases, people tend to believe what has been written or said without questioning or validating the content (Zhang, et al., 2018). People expect news reports to represent facts and commentaries to be clearly labeled; however, this gap has grown narrower with time. Fallacies are described as mistaken beliefs derived from unsound reasoning based on arguments that cannot be validated. Logical fallacies are intellectual analysis and reasoning techniques used to verify an argument presented in news and debates. For highly controversial issues, the logic gets more flawed as emotions kick in. Being able to identify fallacies saves personal dignity, time and money. Fallacies in News The Straw Man fallacy is prevalent with political arguments, and it occurs when a speaker attacks an organization or an individual for something they did not do, especially when the person being attacked has no understanding on the issue being debated ...
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