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Anti-Israel students arrested at Barnard were from nearby schools, including Columbia: source

Chris Nesi

The New York Post

March 6, 2025

Viewpoint Detected:

Strong

Fallacies Detected:

Biased Language, Ambiguity Fallacy, Red Herring.

credAIble Evaluation:

This article describes the arrest of protesters at Barnard College but uses biased language, referring to them as “agitators” and emphasizing their masks and keffiyeh scarves, which implies a menacing image. The ambiguity fallacy appears in descriptions like “storming” and “melee,” which lack clarity on the actual level of aggression. A red herring is introduced by mentioning a prior Instagram post about a Molotov cocktail, implying a connection between it and the recent protest without clear evidence. These rhetorical choices create a narrative that portrays the protesters as particularly dangerous rather than neutrally reporting the facts.

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