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- the definition will be displayed here. - a bold statement that is presented as accepted or established fact, with no discernable evidence to support the claim. - discrediting your opponent to an audience in advance, in order to encourage dismissing any future claims or accusations they may make against you. - discrediting a criticism by accusing hypocrisy, in order to shift the focus away from oneself and onto others. - discrediting a criticism by accusing hypocrisy, in order to shift the focus away from oneself and onto others. - proclaiming that because something occurred after X, it was caused by X, when no causal relationship at all may exist. - misrepresenting an opponent's position or argument to make it easier to attack, usually by exaggerating, distorting, or just completely fabricating it. - spreading exaggerated rumors or dire warnings of impending danger to arouse fear and undermine rational thinking about an issue. - bringing up irrelevant facts to confuse or complicate an issue, which may otherwise be relatively simple and easy to understand. - pigeon-holing a person or group into a simple category and assigning names and/or beliefs to that category. - pigeon-holing a person or group into a simple category and assigning names and/or beliefs to that category. - misrepresenting an opponent's position or argument to make it easier to attack, usually by exaggerating, distorting, or just completely fabricating it. - misrepresenting an opponent's position or argument to make it easier to attack, usually by exaggerating, distorting, or just completely fabricating it. - a statement with a few elements or kernel of truth, which can easily be proven deceptive or fundamentally untrue. - presenting only evidence that confirms your position, while ignoring or withholding an often more significant portion that contradicts it. - a statement that is essentially true, but lacking critical information and presented as the whole truth. - adding an extra word or phrase to a response, which makes it ultimately meaningless, but still leaves the desired impression. - stretching the truth to make something seem more powerful or meaningful than it actually is. - a statement with a few elements or kernel of truth, which can easily be proven deceptive or fundamentally untrue. - a statement with a few elements or kernel of truth, which can easily be proven deceptive or fundamentally untrue. - pigeon-holing a person or group into a simple category and assigning names and/or beliefs to that category. - insisting something is true because an expert on the issue says it's true, when that expert has a vested interest in the outcome. - using an opponent's links to another person or group to assign the other's beliefs, misdeeds, or other unattractive traits to the opponent. - misrepresenting an opponent's position or argument to make it easier to attack, usually by exaggerating, distorting, or just completely fabricating it. - an extravagant statement or figure of speech used for effect, not intended to be taken literally. - removing a passage or quote from its surrounding context in such a way as to distort its intended meaning. - presenting only evidence that confirms your position, while ignoring or withholding an often more significant portion that contradicts it. - ambiguous messaging used to stoke racial fear and anxiety and/or to covertly signal allegiance to certain subgroups of an audience. - a statement with a few elements or kernel of truth, which can easily be proven deceptive or fundamentally untrue. - using an opponent's links to another person or group to assign the other's beliefs, misdeeds, or other unattractive traits to the opponent. - misrepresenting an opponent's position or argument to make it easier to attack, usually by exaggerating, distorting, or just completely fabricating it.Total number of techniques detected over the 56:28 runtime of this video clip:
PROPAGANDA TECHNIQUES
12 OCCURRENCES
adding qualifiers:
FALSEHOODS & DISTORTIONS
17 OCCURRENCES
appeal to compromised authority: SUMMARY
29 OCCURRENCES
McAuliffe: 60% Youngkin: 40%
