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-Sex Attraction

The sexual or romantic attraction towards individuals of the same gender.

Displacing

In psychology, a defense mechanism where an individual redirects emotional or behavioral responses from the intended object to another, less threatening one.

Forbidden Acts

These are actions or deeds that are prohibited by law, rules, or cultural norms, often associated with consequences if violated.

Oedipal Conflicts

A psychoanalytic term describing a child's feelings of desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy and envy toward the same-sex parent.