When only select evidence is presented in order to persuade the audience to accept a position, and evidence that would go against the position is withheld. The stronger the withheld evidence, the more fallacious the argument.
Examples:
- Employer: It says here on your resume that you are a hard worker, you pay attention to detail, and you don’t mind working long hours. Andy: Yes sir. Employer: I spoke to your previous employer. He says that you constantly change things that should not be changed, you could care less about other people’s privacy, and you had the lowest score in customer relations. Andy: Yes, that is all true, as well. Employer: Great then. Welcome to our social media team!
Synonyms: ignoring inconvenient data, suppressed evidence, fallacy of incomplete evidence, argument by selective observation, argument by half-truth, card stacking, fallacy of exclusion, ignoring the counter evidence, one-sided assessment, slanting, one-sidedness