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: common folk - establishing a connection with an audience based on being just like one of them and being able to empathize with their concerns.
: false claim - a statement that is directly contradicted by fact and can be easily proven untrue. : Obama supported increasing taxes for SINGLES (not families) making 42K a year.[2]
: false claim - a statement that is directly contradicted by fact and can be easily proven untrue. : John McCain did not vote on the budget resolution in question.[2]
: cherry picks - presenting only evidence that confirms your position, while ignoring or withholding an often more significant portion that contradicts it. : Palin highlights only areas where she cut taxes, while not mentioning that taxes overall increased by 25% under her administration.[3]
: dysphemism - replacing neutral language with more derogatory or unpleasant terms, to instill a negative association. : The term "redistribution of wealth" to describe the raising of taxes on the rich.
: exaggeration - stretching the truth to make something seem more powerful or meaningful than it actually is. : There are several hundred thousand, not millions, of small businesses that have incomes high enough to be affected by the higher tax rates.[2]
: out of context - removing a passage or quote from its surrounding context in such a way as to distort its intended meaning. : Biden actually said that paying higher taxes is the patriotic thing to do for Americans making over $250K.[4]
: government is the problem - slogan that promotes reducing government regulations and/or diverting public funds to the private sector.
: false claim - a statement that is directly contradicted by fact and can be easily proven untrue. : A $5000 tax credit that "doesn't cost the government anything" would actually cost the government about $1.3 trillion over 10 years.[2]
: Biden challenges the out of context remark about the "middle class" being affected by higher tax rates on those making over $250K..
: Biden challenges the "doesn't cost anything" claim by pointing out the repeal of the tax exemption on employer-provided insurance.[5]
: misleading claim - a statement with a few elements or kernel of truth, which can easily be proven deceptive or fundamentally untrue. : McCain voted 11 times against funding alternative energy, and, in the other instances, just against mandating its use.[2]
: play on patriotism - condemning a pacifist, non-aggressive position as unpatriotic and one that puts the nation at risk. : Pailin characterizes Biden's plan for withdrawal from Iraq as surrendering.
: play on patriotism - condemning a pacifist, non-aggressive position as unpatriotic and one that puts the nation at risk. : Palin characterizes Obama's willingness to talk to dictators as putting the nation at risk.
: misleading claim - a statement with a few elements or kernel of truth, which can easily be proven deceptive or fundamentally untrue. : Although Obama didn't say he would meet with Ahmadinejad specifically, he did say he would meet with Iranian leadership.[7]
: misleading claim - a statement with a few elements or kernel of truth, which can easily be proven deceptive or fundamentally untrue. : McCain didn't refuse to meet with the government of Spain; he refused to commit to meeting with the government of Spain.[2]
: innuendo - implying something without actually saying it, which can't be refuted because it wasn't actually said. : Palin implies that she had no idea Biden supported Israel, without actually saying it.
: out of context - removing a passage or quote from its surrounding context in such a way as to distort its intended meaning. : Obama actually said, "We've got to get the job done there, and that requires us to have enough troops so that we're not just air-raiding villages and killing civilians, which is causing enormous problems there." [8]
: false claim - a statement that is directly contradicted by fact and can be easily proven untrue. : McKiernan (not McClellan) did indeed say surge principles would not work in Afghanistan.[2]
: misleading claim - a statement with a few elements or kernel of truth, which can easily be proven deceptive or fundamentally untrue. : Palin's administration initially opposed the divestiture bill, which likely contributed to its failure to pass.[9]
: common folk - establishing a connection with an audience based on being just like one of them and being able to empathize with their concerns.
: After 5 iterations of the "maverick," Biden attacks the slogan.
: false claim - a statement that is directly contradicted by fact and can be easily proven untrue. : Historical data actually shows that when the top marginal tax rates were at their highest, unemployment was at its lowest.[10]
Total number of techniques detected over the 1:32:31 runtime of this video clip:
PROPAGANDA TECHNIQUES
3 OCCURRENCES
common folk: dysphemism:
FALSEHOODS & DISTORTIONS
13 OCCURRENCES
cherry picking: exaggeration: false claim: misleading claim: out of context: