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** The 2016 Republican party debates generally devolved into this. |
** The 2016 Republican party debates generally devolved into this. |
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** The 2020 presidential |
** The first 2020 presidential debate ended up like this, for the most part (with constant interruptions, not helped by the inability of the moderator of the first, Chris Wallace, to maintain a semblance of order). |
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* [[Weasel Words]]: In the strict sense of using ambiguous phrases, claims or appeals to vague and unverifiable sources. ie. "a lot of people are saying/many people have said".<ref>[https://www.yahoo.com/news/many-people-saying-trump-tweet-000000450.html Many people are saying] ''yahoo.com''</ref> He claims "many people have told him" he should fire Robert Mueller.<ref>[http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/382378-trump-many-people-have-said-i-should-fire-mueller Many people have said fire Mueller] ''thehill.com''</ref> His speech patterns are characteristically ''weaselly'' in the rhetorical sense of invoking ''an unsubstantiated mass of people who miraculously agree with your opinion''. |
* [[Weasel Words]]: In the strict sense of using ambiguous phrases, claims or appeals to vague and unverifiable sources. ie. "a lot of people are saying/many people have said".<ref>[https://www.yahoo.com/news/many-people-saying-trump-tweet-000000450.html Many people are saying] ''yahoo.com''</ref> He claims "many people have told him" he should fire Robert Mueller.<ref>[http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/382378-trump-many-people-have-said-i-should-fire-mueller Many people have said fire Mueller] ''thehill.com''</ref> His speech patterns are characteristically ''weaselly'' in the rhetorical sense of invoking ''an unsubstantiated mass of people who miraculously agree with your opinion''. |
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** He even inverts this by accusing the media of making up sources.<ref>[https://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/28/trump-fake-news-media-238894 Trump claims media makes up sources] ''politico.com''</ref> |
** He even inverts this by accusing the media of making up sources.<ref>[https://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/28/trump-fake-news-media-238894 Trump claims media makes up sources] ''politico.com''</ref> |
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