Natalie checked online for movie show times. When she arrived at the theater, she found it had started an hour earlier than what was posted online. Afterwards, Natalie told her friend not to use the Internet because it was an unreliable source of information. This is an example of which reasoning fallacy?
A) hasty generalization
B) red herring
C) misplaced authority
D) either-or

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Natalie is making a hasty generalization based on one instance of incorrect information found online. She is assuming that all information found on the Internet is unreliable because of this one mistake.

Natalie Checked Online for Movie Show Times