A member of a creative writing team was accused by her manager of continually missing deadlines The member responded to the accusation by saying another team member consistently breaches team regulations, arrives late for work and meetings, and takes too many coffee breaks. Which logical fallacy did the team member commit?

a. Red herring
b. Hasty generalization
c. Either-or
d. Bandwagon


A

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