Red Herring Warriors: The Jimmy Kimmel Show

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Red Herring Warriors
The type of red herring fallacy I found is bandwagon. The bandwagon fallacy is used when a person is scared to be rejected by their peers. This fallacy is used commonly during major sporting events. People who aren’t really into sports find it necessary to pick a team by which is the most popular. I found an example of this fallacy situation on the Jimmy Kimmel Show. Jimmy Kimmel sent representatives from his show to Oakland, California during last year’s NBA finals. The representatives pretended to be sport news anchors. They went throughout Oakland asking people on the streets questions about the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavilers. The representatives asked about fake players and strategies, but that didn’t