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maxsolomon

(33,642 posts)

10. it's called a Gish Gallop

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Wed May 1, 2024, 04:10 PM

May 1

so many lies in such a short space of time that the debate opponent would use all their time refuting lies and never making their own points.

the reporter would have to take an entire segment doing that, and that time isn't available on fast-paced cable news.

so, all that happens is they get labelled lies, but what can be asserted without evidence (those are all lies) can be dismissed without evidence ( "you're fake news" ).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_gallop