Propaganda Techniques

proof by anecdote - making a broad generalization, based on an individual story or stories that support that generalization.

Typically, the anecdote is an isolated example, but it appeals more to people's tendency to believe tangible personal testimony over abstract data or statistics.


12:26: proof by anecdotesee definition - making a broad generalization, based on an individual story or stories that support that generalization.
: Trump reassures people that they'll get better quickly from COVID because he got better quickly from COVID.

02:22: proof by anecdotesee definition - making a broad generalization, based on an individual story or stories that support that generalization.
: O'Rourke claims the top concern for the people of Booker, Texas is the fate of Dreamers because the people he met going door-to-door said their top concern was the fate of Dreamers.

09:49: proof by anecdotesee definition - making a broad generalization, based on an individual story or stories that support that generalization.
: Whitehouse claims Obamacare is working because he saw a family at his local insurance exchange that seemed to think it was working.