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Red herrings are sometimes intentionally introduced in a debate (political or otherwise).  Skilled debaters are good at detecting this.  For example, during an [[election]] campaign, a politician who is weak on the [[economy]] might make a speech attacking a rival on a much more trivial issue, such as a [[political correctness|politically incorrect]] remark he or she may have made some time ago. The hope is that the electorate and the [[media]] will focus attention on the red herring and overlook the campaigner's poor economic record.

Red herrings are sometimes intentionally introduced in a debate (political or otherwise).  Skilled debaters are good at detecting this.  For example, during an [[election]] campaign, a politician who is weak on the [[economy]] might make a speech attacking a rival on a much more trivial issue, such as a [[political correctness|politically incorrect]] remark he or she may have made some time ago. The hope is that the electorate and the [[media]] will focus attention on the red herring and overlook the campaigner's poor economic record.

[[Category: Idioms]]

[[Category:Idioms]]