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Falsehoods & Distortions
post hoc - proclaiming that because something occurred after X, it was caused by X, when no causal relationship at all may exist.
04:24: post hoc - proclaiming that because something occurred after X, it was caused by X, when no causal relationship at all may exist. : Crediting the ARP for improvements in job growth, when even without the fiscal stimulus, employment was projected to grow significantly in 2021.[1]
35:08: post hoc - proclaiming that because something occurred after X, it was caused by X, when no causal relationship at all may exist. : Taking credit for NATO spending increases, when NATO spending had already been increasing in response to Russia's seizure of Crimea in 2014.[9]
34:44: post hoc - proclaiming that because something occurred after X, it was caused by X, when no causal relationship at all may exist. : Crediting the administration for U.S. air and water pollutants being at their lowest levels, when they had already been declining for the past 40 years as a result of EPA regulations.[2]