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Again, no. The ulterior motive is irrelevant to the validity of the claim. This is the exact definition of ad hominem.
by ucaetano 9y ago
Again, no. The ulterior motive is irrelevant to the validity of the claim. This is the exact definition of ad hominem.
- gnicholas 9y agoYou seem to be missing what the claim is. The claim is "the media are talking about this too much". Whether the media have an ulterior motive is highly relevant to this.
- ucaetano 9y agoThe claim isn't "the media is talking too much", it's "the media is hypocritical". And that claim is a response to the thread. It's all about ethics in journalism, again...