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Falsehoods & Distortions
appeal to anonymous authority - insisting something is true because an unnamed expert, study, or generalized group (like 'scientists') say it's true.
55:51: appeal to anonymous authority - insisting something is true because an unnamed expert, study, or generalized group (like 'scientists') say it's true. : There was "a survey done" of small businesses, without identifying who did the survey.
01:54: appeal to anonymous authority - insisting something is true because an unnamed expert, study, or generalized group (like 'scientists') say it's true. : "All of the experts" were against travel bans, but are now all saying they are glad he did it, without identifying who those experts are.
04:49: appeal to anonymous authority - insisting something is true because an unnamed expert, study, or generalized group (like 'scientists') say it's true. "Those people that really understand it" praise the federal response to Covid, without identifying who those people are.