We also observed the use of logical fallacies and flawed arguments, with frequently adopted fallacies including the bandwagon fallacy, appeal to hypocrisy, false equivalence, ad hominem and diversion.

It is often asserted without challenge that “life is like a race” and it wouldn‘t be a fair race without the same ...

We stand for justice and democracy. We reject false equivalence. We go after stories others don’t. We’re a nonprofit newsroom, because the kind of truth-telling investigations we do doesn’t ...

We stand for justice and democracy. We reject false equivalence. We go after stories others don’t. We’re a nonprofit newsroom, because the kind of truth-telling investigations we do doesn’t ...

But it seemed like a false equivalence for the general manager to use San Diego’s recent four-game losing streak or Atlanta’s season-opening seven-game losing skid compared to the Angels ...

One of the problems with optimizing for “balance” is that it can create a false equivalence and lend credibility to bad-faith arguments that are not based on empirical, scientific data.

False equivalence: Brief positive moments can seem to outweigh or justify extended periods of negative treatment. This psychological phenomenon explains why people often focus disproportionately ...

the article constructs a false equivalence - portraying both as equally harmed and jointly responsible for the breakdown of trust that the authors claim must now be rebuilt. Nowhere do the authors ...