In one of the 2012 presidential debates, both candidates included irrelevant information on education to divert attention from the real issue:
foreign policy. The flaw most clearly evident in both candidates'
argument development is called
A) red herring fallacy.
B) questionable cause.
C) ergo propter hoc.
D) ad hominem attack.
E) misuse of fact and opinion.
A
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