From: Dehede011@aol.com
Date: Sun Mar 30 2003 - 10:09:44 MST
In a message dated 3/30/2003 10:56:32 AM Central Standard Time,
mail@HarveyNewstrom.com writes: Ad hominem is the act of distracting people
from the actual evidence with unrelated evidence in the hope of confusing
them into agreeing with you even though the evidence does not support your
position.
Harvey,
I liked your definition of what an Ad hominem is. If ABC during the
last Presidential election campaign assigned one reporter to each major party
canidate, and the one reporter reported daily what his assigned candidate had
done well that day, while the other reporter reported daily what his assigned
candidate had done futilely or wrong that would be Ad hominem wouldn't it?
Personally, I think that the three major broadcasting systems have
been so dominated by the left wing for so long that Hannity etal are
attractive to the right wing simply because they provide balance. This is
not to say Hannity, etal are not partisan in orientation.
Ron h.
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