INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. If media pundits accept bribes, then all credibility will vanish. If media pundits accept bribes, then national cynicism will grow. Thus, if all credibility vanishes, then national cynicism will grow

A) This argument contains no fallacy.

B) This argument contains a fallacy of relevance.

C) This argument contains a formal fallacy.

D) This argument contains a fallacy of ambiguity.

E) This argument contains a fallacy of illicit transference.


C

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