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  2. Propaganda through media - Wikipedia

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    A toothpaste advert that claims that 99 percent of dentists would recommend the product is an example of how testimonial propaganda occurs in advertising. Similarly, companies or campaigns are known to use celebrities in endorsing different products through both traditional and modern advertising channels. [57]

  3. Argument from anecdote - Wikipedia

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    The fallacy does not mean that every single instance of sense data or testimony must be considered a fallacy, only that anecdotal evidence, when improperly used in logic, results in a fallacy. Since anecdotal evidence can result in different kinds of logical fallacies, it is important to understand when this fallacy is being used and how it is ...

  4. Propaganda techniques - Wikipedia

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    Usually for advertising rather than political purposes, sexual arousal may also be used. For example, a message promoting a brand of motorcycles to a male target audience may also include sexually attractive bikini-clad women within the advertisement, to make the product more appealing to the audience by targeting sexual desires. However, some ...

  5. Anecdotal evidence - Wikipedia

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    Argument from ignorance – Informal fallacy; Confirmation bias – Bias confirming existing attitudes; Correlation does not imply causation – Refutation of a logical fallacy; Empirical evidence – Knowledge acquired by means of the senses; Eyewitness testimony – Account a witness gives in the courtroom of what they observed

  6. Argument from authority - Wikipedia

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    An argument from authority [a] is a form of argument in which the opinion of an authority figure (or figures) is used as evidence to support an argument. [1]The argument from authority is a logical fallacy, [2] and obtaining knowledge in this way is fallible.

  7. Argumentum ad baculum - Wikipedia

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    Argumentum ad baculum (Latin for "argument to the cudgel" or "appeal to the stick") is the fallacy committed when one makes an appeal to force [1] to bring about the acceptance of a conclusion.

  8. Washington Post columnist attacks paper trying to reach out ...

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    Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin called out media outlets like her own paper for trying to appeal to "MAGA readers" after the election.. The opinion columnist joined anti-Trump critic ...

  9. Appeal to emotion - Wikipedia

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    Appeal to emotion or argumentum ad passiones (meaning the same in Latin) is an informal fallacy characterized by the manipulation of the recipient's emotions in order to win an argument, especially in the absence of factual evidence. [1]