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Hedging - FT#46

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Episode notes

In the forty-sixth episode we explore the Hedging Fallacy, starting with Trump lying about always knowing it was a pandemic, and then lying about Google's coronavirus website. In Mark's British Politics Corner we look at lots of Tories lying about the £350 million they promised the NHS and then Priti Patel backtracking on the importance of low-skilled workers. In the Fallacy in the Wild, we check out examples from When Harry Met Sally... and Dallas. Jim and Mark go head to head in Fake News, the game in which Mark has to guess which of three Trump quotes Jim made up. Then we discuss misinformation about the coronavirus, make an apology, and listen to QAnon believer Liz Crokin. And finally, we round up some of the other crazy Trump stories from the past week. The full show notes for this episode can be found at our new website at http://fallacioustrump.com/ft46 You can contact the guys at [email protected], on Twitter @FallaciousTrump, or facebook at facebook.com/groups/fallacioustrump