What is the first phase of the conflict management lifecycle?

A politician calls a press conference when he is being accused of taking bribes while in office. Instead of addressing this issue, the politician speaks about the evils of child pornography. What fallacy is this politician committing?

a. red herring b. appeal to misplaced authority c. hasty generalization d. either/or

Longer news releases are:

a. never sent to broadcast media b. seldom included in media kits c. always sent only electronically d. sent the way the medium prefers.