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False Historical Narrative
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Misunderstanding the Process
Misunderstanding the Process
Failing to Adjust Numbers
Inflation Omission
Legislative Traps
Bills Crafted to Sabotage Minority Party
Miscasting Omnibus Bills
Overestimating An Individual’s Power
Attacking About Matters Largely Out Of An Individual’s Control
Promises That Can’t Be Kept
Rhetoric Ignoring Congress’ Role In Passing And Repealing Legislation
Taking Undeserved Credit
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Misleading Use Of Language
Misleading Use Of Language
Average (But Not Typical) Bear
Baseline Bluff
False Categorical
Glittering Generalities
Loaded Language
Misleading Synonyms
Misnomer
Overstating Effects
Overstating Problem
Understating Effects
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Misleading By Not Telling The Whole Story
Misleading By Not Telling The Whole Story
Hearsay
Irrelevant Narrative
Selective Use Of Evidence
Misconstruing History
False Historical Narrative
Rewriting History
Misleadingly Incomplete Citation
Misrepresenting Evidence
Out Of Context
Data Out of Context
Misplaced Referent
Words Out of Context
Outdated Evidence
Using Different Measures
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Misleading Audio/Visual Cuing
Misleading Audio/Visual Cuing
Deceptive Dramatization
Distracting Through Fear
Distracting Through Humorous Dramatization
How Photos (Can Be Made To) Deceive
Deceptive Framing
Inviting Inaccurate Synthesis
Hearing What’s Not Said
Mishearing What’s Said
Seeing What’s Not Heard
Misleading Audio
Visual Vilification
Photoshopping
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False Logic
False Logic
Conspiracy Theory
False Cause
Correlation
Temporal Association
False Choice
Faulty Comparison
Shifting Denominator
Guilt Or Gilt By Association
Insinuation
Overgeneralization
Relevance Fallacies
Ad Hominem
Red Herring
Straw Person Argument
Slippery Slope
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Hypocritical Attack
Hypocritical Attack
Double Standard
Glass House Attacks
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