Rhetorical Tricks in Action

Mass Media has an immense impact on the public and most of the time the public grabs the first opinion on a news, based on whats presented to them. The harsh truth is that most of the time mass media does not take a neutral point when presenting facts. As a result of this, media has the ability to cloud the judgement of the audience towards reality. 'Rhetorical Tricks' are counter argument tricks that are one of the most efficient ways of achieving and winning arguments but usually most of the times these counter arguments do not make sense at all.
Sadly though, majority of the audience does not grab the facts of an argument, they like to be fed with opinions and praises the person with better charisma regardless of the facts the speaker presents. 'Rhetorical Tricks' are perfect tools to achieve such success. In my opinion I would rather call it an 'Art of Deception' than mere tricks, because the most interesting part of 'Rhetorical Tricks' is the fact that most of the time the audience is unaware of such deception being used on them.

Below are several instances of 'Rhetorical Tricks' used in News Programs

• Rachel Maddows segment on Dick Morris - Video
• In the segment, the presenter used 'Ad Hominem' through out the whole show. She often shined out Dick Morris's personal life and actions and tried to tangle it with the his job and tried to question his judgement.
• Rachel Maddows segment on NRA and Gun Control - Video
• This segment was very interesting. Instead of using a counter argument, Rachel Maddows was pointing out the 'Rhetoric Tricks' that NRA has used on public to justify their opinions. This itself was a very effective counterargument.
• NRA uses 'False Cause' to back their argument on opposing Gun Control. They say that Guns are not the problem , the problem is Hollywood. 

In the end, every opinion is relative to the state of mind. Some believe even the most senseless facts and some have an open mind and a more different perspective.