Identify Any Fallacies in the Following Passage Either by Naming

question 178

Short Answer

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.
"There's no reason to investigate something that never happened."
-Bush administration spokesman Marlin Fitzwater, when asked what he thought about an investigation of charges that the 1980 Reagan campaign made a deal with Iran to delay release of American hostages until after that year's presidential election.

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Definitions:

Personal Truths

Individual beliefs or perceptions that are held to be true by the person, regardless of their objective accuracy.

Intentional Messages

Communications that are deliberately sent or received with an awareness of the message's meaning by the sender.

Paralinguistic Cues

Non-verbal elements of communication used to modify meaning or convey emotion, such as tone of voice, facial expressions, and gestures.

Pitch

The perception of the frequency of a sound, allowing us to distinguish between high and low sounds.