Exposing Deceptive Media Tactics through Media Literacy Education
Crime Against Logic : Candace Owens 1. Reduction Fallacy a.k.a. Fallacy of the Single Cause or Casual Over Simplification . 2. Strawman Fallacy “Make no mistake, the Left believes that they own Black people. So when a Black person has the audacity to stand on stage and say — I no longer agree with these…
Crimes Against Logic: A segment that I’ll be doing from time to time on the Val Leventhal Radio Show on Sundays. The concept goes like this: I’ll find someone in the media who is using a fallacious argument. We’ll find out what logical errors they are committing, explain how their argument commits these errors, and…
Crimes Against Logic Offender: Michael Cohen (Trump’s Lawyer) Charges: Immunity by Association Fallacy Two counts of Appeal to Overly Narrow Definition, a.k.a. the Fallacy of Overly Narrow Definition Donald Trump’s attorney Michael Cohen committed crimes against logic by presenting an argument on Twitter that attempts to absolve him of any accusations of racism. He tweeted…
This meme is suggesting that someone is hating the entire white race based on the actions of just 1.6% of the population. It cites the U.S. Census as its source for the percentage of the population who were slave owners. The trick with this type of meme is that the alleged source citation at the…
The “Fallacy of Relative Privation,” also known as the “Not As Bad As” fallacy, is on full display in this Disclose.TV meme. Disclose.TV is a Facebook page that is a great stomping ground for teaching critical thinking — they have fallacies galore when presenting arguments about aliens, UFOs, and the like. I offered the singular…
“I would love for the media to have a month without polls. What is the value of these polls? If I am making a decision about a candidate, I want to weigh their record. Do I care what my neighbor thinks, or the person next to me? I want to make an independent decision.” —…
Here’s your article with grammar and spelling corrections: The Echo Chamber Effect What David Byrne says is true, but this is not limited to Trump supporters. By describing the “echo chamber” effect only in terms of Trump supporters, one may inadvertently reinforce the echo chamber created by non-Trump supporters — committing the error of assuming…
This meme is being pushed around as a rebuttal to the latest criticism from Jada Pinkett Smith regarding the lack of Black actresses and actors being nominated for Oscar Awards in 2016. Without even running the numbers or investigating the premises of this meme, a critical thinking analysis of how it frames its argument exposes…
Crystal Wright from ConservativeBlackChick.com uses statistical trickery to play on the false stereotypes and fears many Americans have of Black people. I will refute and expose these tactics so that if you encounter this, you will know how to handle it. But first, let’s talk about Black conservatives who intentionally do this against their own…
I’m Calling B.S. on the Prevailing Arguments from Both Political Wings on Guns A common right-wing argument is that more guns and less restrictive gun laws correlate with less crime and gun violence. A common left-wing argument is that fewer guns and more restrictive gun laws correlate with less crime and gun violence. The less…
