Identify Any Fallacies in the Following Passage Either by Naming

question 163

Essay

Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.
"The San Jose Mercury News made some explosive and unsubstantiated charges in articles earlier this year suggesting the Central Intelligence Agency helped start the crack epidemic in the United States. The CIA has often behaved scandalously over the years, but no one, including the Mercury News, has produced credible evidence the CIA organized or took part in drug dealing by the Contras or that the rebels flooded Los Angeles with drugs to finance their war against the Sandinistas."
-New York Times

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Definitions:

Same Density

A condition where two substances have an equal mass-to-volume ratio.

Fault

A fracture along which the adjacent rock surfaces are displaced parallel to the fracture.

Rock Layers

Horizontal strata of rocks, each layer typically representing a period of deposition in Earth's geological history.

Evolutionary Diagram

A block diagram, cross section, or map that shows the history of an area as a series of steps, proceeding from the earliest stages to the most recent one.