Powerful Agreement

Fallacies are all over argumentation. In fact, fallacies are often responsible of tipping an audiences hat to one person rather than another. Heinrichs, in Thank You for Arguing, goes into the many fallacies that there are. In chapter 15, he introduced the fallacy of power, which is "because the guy in charge wants it... it must be good" (page 157). This fallacy is definitely present in the discussion on terrorism between Jon Stewart and Billy O'Reilly. The "boss," or in this case the one with the better reputation, has more followers than the other, simply because of his reputation. The other presenter provides strong evidence to prove is points, and disprove the other's. However, he must battle the fallacy of power, which in this case favours the other man.