Trump, 80, Gets Lost in Time With Baffling Blunder

The article, with notes

underlined: technique found; pick one to highlight its words dashed edge: in a quote, not counted tap a technique for why

Headline

“Baffling Blunder” … “Trump, 80, Gets Lost in Time”

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The article’s own words
Loaded Language · “Baffling Blunder”Why › The emotionally charged phrase 'Baffling Blunder' frames the event as a embarrassing failure rather than reporting facts.
Name Calling · “Trump, 80, Gets Lost in Time”Why › Emphasising his age ('80') and saying he 'Gets Lost in Time' casts him as senile to discredit him.

6 paragraphs with no finding

Paragraph 8 of 17

“I settled all these wars, and they gave the wonderful peace prize”

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Trump’s words · not counted
Exaggeration/Hyperbole · “I settled all these wars, and they gave the wonderful peace prize”Why › Claiming to have personally settled 'all these wars' overstates what evidence supports and casts the speaker as a singular peacemaker.

4 paragraphs with no finding

Paragraph 13 of 17

“I now have absolutely no doubt that Donald Trump has major mental decline”

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Brian Krassenstein’s words · not counted
Loaded Language · “I now have absolutely no doubt that Donald Trump has major mental decline”Why › The emphatic certainty ('absolutely no doubt') and the 'major mental decline' label are meant to provoke a strong reaction rather than rest on a medical finding.

1 paragraph with no finding

Paragraph 15 of 17

“aced” … “frickin’ genius”

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Trump’s words · not counted
Exaggeration/Hyperbole · “aced”Why › Claiming to have flawlessly 'aced' several cognitive tests overstates his performance beyond what evidence supports
Exaggeration/Hyperbole · “frickin’ genius”Why › Calling himself a 'genius' is an extreme self-aggrandizing superlative without substantiation

2 paragraphs with no finding

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