Question for Team Apocalypse

[Legion]

Discarding an argument solely because of the source making that argument is the fallacy.

That's the genetic fallacy.

https://fallacyinlogic.com/genetic-f...-and-examples/

[Legion]

and money

Hospitals get paid more for chinese virus positive patients. They also get paid more for patients on ventilators.

The government subsidized the increase in death count. Also these blue states think that the higher their death toll the more money they can steal from other taxpayers. They are takers

Indeed.

[AProudLefty]

Fallacy fallacy. You can judge a thing based on its origins, such as 'Made in China' stickers. You can also judge an origin on how much fake news it puts out. That does not cause any error in logic to do so.

Bulverism applies to arguments, not news stories or an object. An argument is a set of predicates and a conclusion. A predicate is an assumed conclusion as True (also known as a 'fact'). If anyone disagrees with the predicate (or fact) it ceases to be a valid predicate and becomes an argument.

Challenging a predicate is not a fallacy.
Judging whether a 'news' source is writing mostly fiction is not a fallacy.

Discarding an argument solely because of the source making that argument is the fallacy. The source is irrelevant. The argument stands on its own. The argument itself must be addressed, not the one making it. News articles are not arguments. Indeed, many that try to make arguments are fallacies in and of themselves.

For once we agree.

[Into the Night]

That's the genetic fallacy.

https://fallacyinlogic.com/genetic-f...-and-examples/

Also known as the Bulverism fallacy. Like I said. It must be applied to an argument. A statement is not an argument.