d.). This line of reasoning is fallacious because creating fear in people does not constitute evidence for a claim. Progress for America (PFA), an organization that promotes conservative policies, began an issue advocacy effort that includes television advertising on national cable outlets and on broadcast television in Missouri, placing a sharp focus on the War on Terror...
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The ad stated bluntly "These people want to kill us." While this statement itself is true enough, what followed was clearly false. The ad further proclaimed that "Many seem to have forgotten the evil that happened only five years ago," while showing an orange fireball billowing from the World Trade Center as United Airlines Flight 175 slammed into it (Progress for America, 2006)...
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