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Full coverage of the 2020 Georgia U.S. Senate runoff debate between Kelly Loeffler and Raphael Warnock.

By Michael Gordon
12/30/2020 • 06:32 AM EST

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: Click or tap on any techniquesee definition - the definition will be displayed here.
 that appears in bold to show its definition.
: misleading claimsee definition - a statement with a few elements or kernel of truth, which can easily be proven deceptive or fundamentally untrue.
: There are actually 132 cases under investigation, the majority of which involve procedural matters unrelated to voter fraud.[1]
: fear-mongeringsee definition - spreading exaggerated rumors or dire warnings of impending danger to arouse fear and undermine rational thinking about an issue.
: Warning that if Warnock wins, Democrats will defund the police and open the borders, when both Warnock and Biden have explicitly stated they oppose defunding the police and Biden doesn't support open borders.[2][4]
: misleading claimsee definition - a statement with a few elements or kernel of truth, which can easily be proven deceptive or fundamentally untrue.
: There are actually 132 cases under investigation, the majority of which involve procedural matters unrelated to voter fraud.[1]
: common folksee definition - connecting with an audience by showing that you understand and share their everyday experiences and concerns.
: common folksee definition - connecting with an audience by showing that you understand and share their everyday experiences and concerns.
: labelingsee definition - pigeon-holing a person or group into a simple category and assigning names and/or beliefs to that category.
: Warnock casts Loeffler as a out of touch elite.
: common folksee definition - connecting with an audience by showing that you understand and share their everyday experiences and concerns.
: labelingsee definition - pigeon-holing a person or group into a simple category and assigning names and/or beliefs to that category.
: Loeffler casts Warnock as a radical liberal.
: ad hominemsee definition - attacking the character or motive of the person making an argument, rather than attacking the argument itself.
: Warnock focuses on Loeffler's motive for attacking remarks he's made, without addressing the remarks he's made.
: labelingsee definition - pigeon-holing a person or group into a simple category and assigning names and/or beliefs to that category.
: Loeffler casts Warnock as a radical liberal.
: honor by associationsee definition - Defending or championing cultural sacred cows in order to transfer the respect, authority, and prestige associated with those symbols onto oneself.
: The police, the military
: misleading claimsee definition - a statement with a few elements or kernel of truth, which can easily be proven deceptive or fundamentally untrue.
: There are actually 132 cases under investigation, the vast majority of which involve procedural matters unrelated to voter fraud.[1]
: labelingsee definition - pigeon-holing a person or group into a simple category and assigning names and/or beliefs to that category.
: Loeffler casts Warnock as a radical liberal.
: honor by associationsee definition - Defending or championing cultural sacred cows in order to transfer the respect, authority, and prestige associated with those symbols onto oneself.
: The police, the military.
: loaded questionsee definition - presenting a question that has a presumption of guilt built into it.
: exaggerationsee definition - stretching the truth to make something seem more powerful or meaningful than it actually is.
: While Loeffler was acquitted of any wrongdoing, she was never charged with a crime, so she couldn't have been exonerated.[3]
: fear-mongeringsee definition - spreading exaggerated rumors or dire warnings of impending danger to arouse fear and undermine rational thinking about an issue.
: Warning that if Warnock wins, Democrats will defund the police, when both Warnock and Biden have explicitly stated they oppose defunding the police.[2][4]
: loaded questionsee definition - presenting a question that has a presumption of guilt built into it.
: labelingsee definition - pigeon-holing a person or group into a simple category and assigning names and/or beliefs to that category.
: Loeffler casts Warnock as a radical liberal.
: honor by associationsee definition - Defending or championing cultural sacred cows in order to transfer the respect, authority, and prestige associated with those symbols onto oneself.
: The police, the military, Israel.
: fear-mongeringsee definition - spreading exaggerated rumors or dire warnings of impending danger to arouse fear and undermine rational thinking about an issue.
: Warning that if Warnock wins, Democrats will defund the police and open the borders, when both Warnock and Biden have both stated they oppose defunding the police and Biden doesn't support open borders.[2][4]
: labelingsee definition - pigeon-holing a person or group into a simple category and assigning names and/or beliefs to that category.
: Loeffler casts Warnock as a radical liberal, out-of-state funded, rubber stamp for Schumer.
: labelingsee definition - pigeon-holing a person or group into a simple category and assigning names and/or beliefs to that category.
: Loeffler casts Warnock as a radical liberal.
: honor by associationsee definition - Defending or championing cultural sacred cows in order to transfer the respect, authority, and prestige associated with those symbols onto oneself.
: The police.
: straw mansee definition - misrepresenting an opponent's position or argument to make it easier to attack, usually by exaggerating, distorting, or just completely fabricating it.
: Warnock did say some police in Ferguson had a "gangster and thug mentality," NOT that police were "gangsters and thugs."[4]
: labelingsee definition - pigeon-holing a person or group into a simple category and assigning names and/or beliefs to that category.
: Loeffler casts Warnock as a radical liberal, rubber stamp for Schumer and Pelosi.
: common folksee definition - connecting with an audience by showing that you understand and share their everyday experiences and concerns.
: Loeffler shares a narrative of her humble beginnings, which she feels helps her relate to those that may be struggling to get ahead.
: labelingsee definition - pigeon-holing a person or group into a simple category and assigning names and/or beliefs to that category.
: Loeffler casts Warnock as a radical liberal and a socialist.
: slogansee definition - a brief, striking phrase that people will remember, typically designed to evoke emotional appeals and reinforce a specific message or idea.
: "She was appointed. The people of Georgia have been disappointed."
: labelingsee definition - pigeon-holing a person or group into a simple category and assigning names and/or beliefs to that category.
: Warnock casts Loeffler as an out of touch elite.
: labelingsee definition - pigeon-holing a person or group into a simple category and assigning names and/or beliefs to that category.
: Loeffler casts Warnock as a radical liberal.
: guilt by associationsee definition - using an opponent's links to another person or group to assign the other's beliefs, misdeeds, or other unattractive traits to the opponent.
: Loeffler uses Warnock's working at a church that welcomed Castro and his praise of Jeremiah Wright for fighting racism to identify Warnock with communism and anti-Semitism.[5][6]
: honor by associationsee definition - Defending or championing cultural sacred cows in order to transfer the respect, authority, and prestige associated with those symbols onto oneself.
: The police, God, the military.
: honor by associationsee definition - Defending or championing cultural sacred cows in order to transfer the respect, authority, and prestige associated with those symbols onto oneself.
: Religion, the military, Israel.
: labelingsee definition - pigeon-holing a person or group into a simple category and assigning names and/or beliefs to that category.
: Loeffler casts Warnock as a radical socialist.
: fear-mongeringsee definition - spreading exaggerated rumors or dire warnings of impending danger to arouse fear and undermine rational thinking about an issue.
: Claiming "the left" supports defunding the police and open borders, when both Warnock and Biden have explicitly stated they oppose defunding the police and Biden doesn't support open borders.[2][4]
: guilt by associationsee definition - using an opponent's links to another person or group to assign the other's beliefs, misdeeds, or other unattractive traits to the opponent.
: Loeffler uses Warnock being endorsed by organizations that want to defund the police to identify Warnock with defunding the police.
: labelingsee definition - pigeon-holing a person or group into a simple category and assigning names and/or beliefs to that category.
: Loeffler casts Warnock as a radical liberal.
: misleading claimsee definition - a statement with a few elements or kernel of truth, which can easily be proven deceptive or fundamentally untrue.
: Loeffler voted against a catch-all spending bill, which included money for community policing (COPS), not necessarily because the bill included money for community policing.[7]
: minimizationsee definition - portraying something you don't want to address as trivial or insignificant, in order to shift the focus away from it and onto "more important" things.
: Warnock trivializes the importance of knowing what his position is on the size of SCOTUS, in light of other things like COVID 19 relief.
: labelingsee definition - pigeon-holing a person or group into a simple category and assigning names and/or beliefs to that category.
: Warnock casts Loeffler as an out of touch elite.
: minimizationsee definition - portraying something you don't want to address as trivial or insignificant, in order to shift the focus away from it and onto "more important" things.
: Warnock trivializes what his position might be on the size of SCOTUS, in the face of everyday people's struggles with the pandemic.
: labelingsee definition - pigeon-holing a person or group into a simple category and assigning names and/or beliefs to that category.
: Loeffler casts Warnock as a radical liberal.
: baseless claimsee definition - a bold statement that is presented as accepted or established fact, with no discernable evidence to support the claim.
: Warnock would not only increase the size of SCOTUS, but would pack it with radicals justices that would override the Constitution.
: honor by associationsee definition - Defending or championing cultural sacred cows in order to transfer the respect, authority, and prestige associated with those symbols onto oneself.
: The police.
: half truthsee definition - a statement that is essentially true, but lacking critical information and presented as the whole truth.
: Loeffler mentions Warnock's call for ending cash bail, without mentioning he just wants to do it for nonviolent offenses.[8]
: guilt by associationsee definition - using an opponent's links to another person or group to assign the other's beliefs, misdeeds, or other unattractive traits to the opponent.
: Warnock uses Loeffler's accepting Marjorie Taylor Greene's endorsement and being interviewed by Jack Posobiec to identify her with QAnon and white supremacists.[9]
: guilt by associationsee definition - using an opponent's links to another person or group to assign the other's beliefs, misdeeds, or other unattractive traits to the opponent.
: Loeffler uses Warnock's praise of Jeremiah Wright for fighting racism to identify Warnock with anti-Semitism.[6]
: straw mansee definition - misrepresenting an opponent's position or argument to make it easier to attack, usually by exaggerating, distorting, or just completely fabricating it.
: The insinuation of inappropriately trading stocks was an attack on Loeffler, NOT the America Dream or every single Georgian.
: honor by associationsee definition - Defending or championing cultural sacred cows in order to transfer the respect, authority, and prestige associated with those symbols onto oneself.
: Jesus.
: labelingsee definition - pigeon-holing a person or group into a simple category and assigning names and/or beliefs to that category.
: Loeffler casts herself as the American Dream and Warnock as socialism.
: labelingsee definition - pigeon-holing a person or group into a simple category and assigning names and/or beliefs to that category.
: Loeffler casts Warnock as a radial liberal.
: honor by associationsee definition - Defending or championing cultural sacred cows in order to transfer the respect, authority, and prestige associated with those symbols onto oneself.
: God, the military, the police.
: slogansee definition - a brief, striking phrase that people will remember, typically designed to evoke emotional appeals and reinforce a specific message or idea.
: "They have no vision, so they engage in division."

Total number of techniques detected over the 56:16 runtime of this video clip:

PROPAGANDA TECHNIQUES

43 OCCURRENCES

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common folk:        
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guilt by association:        
honor by association:                  
labeling:                                  
minimization:    
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FALSEHOODS & DISTORTIONS

9 OCCURRENCES

baseless claim:  
exaggeration:  
half truth:  
misleading claim:        
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SUMMARY

52 OCCURRENCES

Loeffler: 74%
Warnock: 26%

References
1. "Georgia officials overstated election investigations". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Published: December 17, 2020.

2. "RNC fact check: First night speakers spin". Roll Call. Published: August 25, 2020.

4. "Ad Links Warnock to 'Defunding the Police'". FactCheck.org. Published: November 25, 2020.

8. "Fact-check: Did Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler accept an endorsement from a QAnon supporter?". Austin American-Statesman. Published: December 10, 2020.