A lead paragraph should

a. State the most important fact of the story.
b. Incorporate as much information as the reporter canget into the sentence

c. Tell the reader the first thing that happened (in chronological order).
d. All of the above.

A

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In part of an address to a Joint Session of Congress following the 9/11 attacks, President George W. Bush stated “every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.” This portion of the statement commits the fallacy of _________.

a. hasty generalization b. false cause c. either-or d. ad hominenm

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