A speaker who identifies one principal cause of an effect when there are actually
several causes is guilty of fallacious reasoning.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Answer: T
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A newspaper ran an article that says a congressman has accepted a number of payments from an oil company. The article claims that the payments were illegal and that the congressman has committed a crime by receiving the payments. It turns out that the reporter made a mistake in reading a financial report, and the payments were, in fact, legal. The congressman sues the newspaper for libel. The newspaper acknowledges that it made a mistake, apologizes, and then defends itself using the legal principles established by which of the following cases?
A. New York Times Co. v. Sullivan B. Near v. Minnesota C. Gertz v. Welch D. Miller v. California
The mediation model used by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) is based on three principles. Which of the following is not one of them?
a. Mediation involves decision by mediator. b. All conflicts have two sides. c. Mediator should be a neutral third party. d. Mediation should be confidential.
_____ orientation occurs when you give your main attention to the actual people, things, and events and only afterward at their labels
Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.
Research information from the Internet is best used when
a) uncorrupted by confirmation from additional sources. b) confirmed by independent sources. c) you already know all of the facts. d) there's an impending deadline and no time to do research any other way.