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Ad hominem?
by growlist 8y ago
Ad hominem?
- oblio 8y agoHow is stating a possible bias an ad hominem? :)
- growlist 8y agoIsn't that the very definition of ad hominem - drawing attention to the source of the material, rather than tackling the material itself? Paul Graham's def: 'attacks the characteristics or authority of the writer without addressing the substance of the argument' https://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/how-to-disagree-well-7-of-the-best-and-worst-ways-to-argue https://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/how-to-disagree-well-7-of-t...
- beojan 8y agoNo, the Telegraph has a known anti-EU bias.
- growlist 8y agoAnd? Some people would say it's 'known' that CNN is fake news. That statement and yours are equal in nature - neither of them tell us anything useful about the content in question.
- beojan 8y agoThey're not equal. British newspapers on both sides have well known biases that they're pretty open about.