During a press conference, one CEO repeatedly refers to the head of a regulatory agency in derogatory terms such as "hysterical," "addled," and "confused" to divert attention away from his company's environmental transgressions. This fallacy of reason is a type of __________.
A) questionable cause
B) red herring
C) ad hominem
D) hasty generalization

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The CEO is attacking the character of the regulatory agency head instead of addressing the actual issue of the company's environmental transgressions. This is a classic example of ad hominem, where an argument is attacked by attacking the person making it.

During a Press Conference, One CEO Repeatedly Refers to the Head