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Blue Idaho

(5,049 posts)
Sat Nov 5, 2016, 01:45 PM Nov 2016

Anyone in the M$M that reports on the black vote being down

And doesn't mention the monumental efforts by the Republican Party to disenfranchise blacks, the poor, and those that live in the inner cities isnt telling you the whole truth.

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Anyone in the M$M that reports on the black vote being down (Original Post) Blue Idaho Nov 2016 OP
So they're guilty of fallacious reasoning then. ffr Nov 2016 #1
Fallacious reasoning, and lying... Wounded Bear Nov 2016 #2
A sin of omission. And a Non Sequitor? nt. Blue Idaho Nov 2016 #3
Probably down a bitfrom Obama 2008, but was exceptional Foggyhill Nov 2016 #4

ffr

(22,669 posts)
1. So they're guilty of fallacious reasoning then.
Sat Nov 5, 2016, 01:48 PM
Nov 2016

Or of red-herring fallacies, in order to distract their audience from the key takeaway.

Wounded Bear

(58,648 posts)
2. Fallacious reasoning, and lying...
Sat Nov 5, 2016, 01:51 PM
Nov 2016

The black vote is hardly in some tailspin. It was historically high for Obama, which was expected. This year, the black vote is just fine, as is being shown in FL and NC early election results.

Republican spokesperson this weekend:

Foggyhill

(1,060 posts)
4. Probably down a bitfrom Obama 2008, but was exceptional
Sat Nov 5, 2016, 02:09 PM
Nov 2016

It's all about pushing a negative narrative.

The media create more stories than they report.

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