4.03 Ethos and Credibility

http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/news/local/pinellas/blind-vet-offered-spot-in-paralympics-022712

I read an article about a blind vet that has been offered a sot in the 2012 Paralympic games. I trust this article because this news source usually has all of the correct information. My swim coach was actually Brad's coach so I know that this information is correct. Also swim meet information is very easy and readily available to be found.

04.02 Logic and Fallacies

  Fallacies are used every day multiple times a day. I hear teachers using them, students using them, and even parents. A fallacy is an easy way to persuade someone to do something by using information that isn't reliable. Teachers use fallacies to say that everyone is doing a certain assignment or same amount of work in different classrooms and schools. Students use it to persuade their parents and peers. They use it on their parents by saying that everyone is doing something. I've even used it on them to get them to buy me Taylor Swift concert tickets by saying "everyone is going so I have to go!", not everyone was going of course, because that wouldn't be realistic, but it got my point across. Students use it on their peers in many ways. It can be from saying "you should vote for this team because they are for sure going to win" to more negative things like pressuring someone to drink or do drugs by saying "everyone here is doing it." Parents might use a fallacy to sway a kid into doing something they don't really want to, like eat a certain food, or go somewhere they don't want to.
  Fallacies can be both negative and positive but aren't giving the right information, whether you mean to or not. They're a bandwagon effect to get people to do things they don't want to by lying and saying that everyone is doing something.