Falsehoods & Distortions

appeal to compromised authority - insisting something is true because an expert on the issue says it's true, when that expert has a vested interest in the outcome.

In the examples shown, the comment explains how the cited opinion is compromised.

- insisting something is true because an expert on the issue says it's true, when that expert has a vested interest in the outcome.
: The statistics Masters cites are, by his own admission, from his "internal" polling.

36:42: appeal to compromised authority

- insisting something is true because an expert on the issue says it's true, when that expert has a vested interest in the outcome.
: The author of the Jefferson Institute report was involved in a paid capacity with Republican members of Virginia’s General Assembly.^[8]

22:52: appeal to compromised authority

- insisting something is true because an expert on the issue says it's true, when that expert has a vested interest in the outcome.
: The "respected health economist" Clinton cites served in the Clinton administration.^[2]

20:42: appeal to compromised authority

- insisting something is true because an expert on the issue says it's true, when that expert has a vested interest in the outcome.
: The "National Federation of Independent Business" is actually a lobbying group funded in part by Crossroads GPS and the Koch brothers.^[5]

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appeal to compromised authority - insisting something is true because an expert on the issue says it's true, when that expert has a vested interest in the outcome.