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ADDITIONAL DIRTY TRICKS. Generalizations; double speak; euphemisms; assertions; the common man; transference; repetition; labelling; ignoring proof; destroying proof; creating proof; lies and omissions. http://lnkd.in/dkCqJ8Y View in LinkedIn

ADDITIONAL TRICKS OF SPIN. Half truths; dumbing down the news; creating diversions; lying about numbers; false logic; how dare you; mud-slinging; appeal to false authority; fear-mongering; bandwagons; false choices; lesser of two evils. http://lnkd.in/dkCqJ8Y View in LinkedIn

TECHNIQUES OF SPIN, a handy guide to many of the tricks of the trade that are plied with such skill and regularity we become blind to them. Remember, naming something is a way to make it real. http://lnkd.in/dkCqJ8Y View in LinkedIn

FAKE PRECISION. "This fallacy occurs when an argument treats information as more precise than it really is. This happens when imprecise information contained in the premisses must be taken as precise in order to adequately support the conclusion." http://lnkd.in/dY6ufkp View in LinkedIn

WEAK ANALOGY. "Analogies are neither true nor false, instead they come in degrees from near identity to extreme dissimilarity." Example: "Banning automobiles would be economically and socially disruptive in a way that banning a single pesticide would not." http://www.fallacyfiles.org/wanalogy.html View in LinkedIn

SPECIAL PLEADING. "People often attempt to apply a "double standard", which makes an exception to the rule for themselves—or people like them—but applies it to others." http://lnkd.in/d_pzVEd View in LinkedIn

CARD STACKING. "A one-sided case presents only evidence favoring its conclusion, and ignores or downplays the evidence against it." http://www.fallacyfiles.org/inforfal.html View in LinkedIn

NON CAUSA PRO CAUSA. "Inferring that something is the cause of something else when it isn't." http://www.fallacyfiles.org/noncause.html View in LinkedIn

BLACK OR WHITE FALLACY. "Fatalism is not the alternative to superstition; it is an alternative. " http://www.fallacyfiles.org/eitheror.html View in LinkedIn

RED HERRING FALLACY or "ignorance of refutation" ... a "red herring" argument is one which distracts the audience from the issue in question through the introduction of some irrelevancy. This frequently occurs during debates when there is an at least implicit topic, yet it is easy to lose track of it." http://lnkd.in/dkHCPaU View in LinkedIn