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How Trump Won and How Harris Lost

Shane GoldmacherMaggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan

The New York Times

November 7, 2024

Viewpoint Detected:

Extreme

Fallacies Detected:

False Cause, Straw Man, Appeal to Emotion, Ambiguity Fallacy, Personal Incredulity, Biased Language.

credAIble Evaluation:

Major fallacies include False Cause, as it inaccurately implies that Harris’s perceived missteps directly led to her defeat, and Straw Man, as it caricatures Harris’s campaign without addressing realistic campaign dynamics. Appeals to Emotion are pervasive, particularly through language framing Trump as resilient and "defying gravity." The piece relies on Ambiguity and Biased Language to imply baseless scenarios, like assassination attempts, without supporting facts, distorting readers' understanding.

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