In the one hundred and forty sixth episode we explore the Obfuscation Fallacy, starting with Trump badly clarifying his support for Putin, Trump's Doctors pretending he wasn't given supplemental oxygen when being treated for COVID, and Kevin McCarthy denying something nobody accused him of.
In Mark's British Politics Corner we look at Boris being suitably vague about his plans to run for leader and his missing WhatsApp messages, Mark Harper and Graham Stuart being unclear repeatedly about whether Lee Anderson and Frank Hester said racist things.
In the Fallacy in the Wild section, we check out examples from That Mitchell & Webb Look, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, and Shrek the Third.
Jim and Mark go head to head in Fake News, the game in which Mark has to guess which one of three Trump quotes Jim made up.
Then we talk about what's going on with Trump's various court cases.
And finally, we round up some of the other crazy Trump stories from the past week.
The full show notes for this episode can be found at https://fallacioustrump.com/ft146
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Apophasis - FT#148
Moral Equivalence (Redux) FT#147
Affirming the Consequent - FT#145
Denying the Antecedent - FT#144
Playing Politics - FT#143
Schrödinger's Idiot - FT#142
Scapegoating - FT#141
Automation Fallacy - FT#140
New Year Bonus - Wonder Woman 1984 (part 2)
Christmas Bonus - Wonder Woman 1984 (part 1)
Straw Man (Redux) - FT#139
Bulverism - FT#138
What's the Harm - FT#137
I'm Entitled to my Opinion - FT#136
Worst Case Scenario - FT#135
Sour Grapes - FT#134
Playing the Victim - FT#133
Argument from Too Much Evidence - FT#132
Countless Counterfeit - FT#131
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