• Avoiding the relevant issue by Introducing an irrelevant issue.

• Swift Boat Veterans for Truth first put out an Ad stating that John Kerry's description of what occurred on his boat was not true. When it was later revealed that none of the members were present during the incidents when John Kerry was wounded in Vietnam, the group put out a second Ad criticizing John Kerry's testimony before the U.S. Congress about war crimes that were told to him by over a hundred and fifty other veterans.

• The New York Times created a controversy by making an issue out of the connections between the "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth", a 527, and the Republican Party, calling into question the legality of the soft money expenditures on television advertising created by the 527 group.
• See also Circularity

• "Scarborogh Country" on MSNBC. Scarborough's issues include "Why do the Liberal Elite Hate Christianity?" Who is an elite liberal? What makes someone elite? What makes someone liberal? Do Liberals have some kind of power over conservatives that warrants them to be singled out and persecuted?