1. Media critics have charged that the talk show host, Rush Limbaugh, relies on fallacies to construct his political arguments. Compare Limbaugh's website http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/today.guest.html with one by his critics, http://www.fair.org/media-outlets/limbaugh.html. Can you identify fallacies in his presentations? 2. Go to the Online Speech Bank where you will find links to thousands of public speeches: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm. See if you can find a speech that effectively integrates appeals to credibility, logic, emotion, and cultural myths. |