Red+Herring

**Definition** - Throwing an audience off track by raising an unrelated or irrelevant point.
Online Video- media type="youtube" key="exdK7Lirngg" width="560" height="315" Our Video - media type="youtube" key="nUWaAyAe39c" width="560" height="315" In this video an interviewer is asking the president about the rising taxes, but then President Dees then uses a red herring and starts talking about the homeless problem in America.
 * Example** - We must let banks fail for their bad practices, but in tough economic times we need to support our president.
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