When you hear politicians and pundits make statements, listen carefully. There are many deceptive techniques used. Observational selection is one. Here is an example:
A state politician boasts of the Presidents the state has produced, but is silent on its serial killers.
And, there are many more examples I am sure you can provide. The
technique also is called enumeration of favorable circumstances:
counting the hits but not the misses. Watch for it.
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