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08:05 whataboutism - discrediting a criticism by accusing hypocrisy to shift the focus away from oneself and onto others.
: Gorka shifts the focus from Don Jr.'s meeting with a Russian lawyer to get dirt on Clinton to a DNC consultant meeting with Ukrainian officials to get dirt on Manafort—redirecting scrutiny onto his opponent.^[2]

1. Identify the technique being used:

whataboutism
name-calling
labeling
proof by anecdote
innuendo

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