Birdwatch Note Rating
2025-03-25 01:48:14 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C3C055055DB21F3E422CF3A558E79C575C71850C9D7EAD017A837FE12CD081CD
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Misleading. Ad hominem fallacy. https://web.archive.org/web/20250321030915/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem#:~:text=The%20most%20common%20form%20of%20this%20fallacy%20is%20%22A%22%20makes%20a%20claim%20of%20%22fact%22%2C%20to%20which%20%22B%22%20asserts%20that%20%22A%22%20has%20a%20personal%20trait%2C%20quality%20or%20physical%20attribute%20that%20is%20repugnant%20thereby%20going%20off%2Dtopic%2C%20and%20hence%20%22B%22%20concludes%20that%20%22A%22%20has%20their%20%22fact%22%20wrong%C2%A0%E2%80%93%20without%20ever%20addressing%20the%20point%20of%20the%20debate The Atlantic showed screenshots as evidence. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/?gift=QAVT1Qgz97Mzh5O19DC9gqCibCOWG4PmH4xSG_eOjNE https://archive.ph/44tcE The White House confirmed the issue. https://web.archive.org/web/20250324214603/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4v3ndg28jo#:~:text=The%20White%20House%20has%20confirmed%20that%20a%20journalist%20inadvertently%20was%20added%20to%20a%20group%20chat%20in%20which%20US%20national%20security%20officials%20planned%20a%20strike%20against%20the%20Houthi%20rebel%20group House Speaker Mike Johnson confirmed it. https://x.com/CBSNews/status/1904285304996966824 The National Security Council (NSC) confirmed it to the BBC. https://web.archive.org/web/20250325012016/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyd9e5lkpro#:~:text=A%20National%20Security%20Council%20spokesman%20told%20the%20BBC%20the%20text%20message%20thread%20%22appears%20to%20be%20authentic The NSC confirmed it to Fox News. https://archive.ph/JEn5Z
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