IF Stone, sbaker

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Evelyn Mitchell <efm () tummy com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 12:08:25 -0700
To: <dave () farber net>
Subject: IF Stone, sbaker

In reply to sbaker () steptoe com's message of Mon, 17 Jan 2005 12:53:07 -0500:

> Actually, Dave, there are credible allegations from more than one source
> that IF Stone was a long-time Soviet agent.  That puts a different spin on
> his recounting of the Gulf of Tonkin incident and suggests that ethical
> issues surrounding undisclosed ties on the part of "independent"
> journalists are not new.

sbaker's argument relies on a couple of fallacies, namely appeal to
authority ("credible allegations from more than one source"), and heresay
(the source is unnamed, and not firsthand).

To refresh our understanding of fallacious argument forms, we may want to
review:
   http://www.datanation.com/fallacies/

The purpose of sbaker's email is to discredit IF Stone, without actually
presenting any real evidence.

How many of the people who read sbaker's original email will now have
lingering doubts about IF Stone? How many will understand that these doubts
are based on an untruth?

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Evelyn Mitchell             Linux Consulting since 1995
efm () tummy com               Senior System and Network Administrators
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