Spin qualification
Intentionally failing to use information suspected of being relevant and significant is committing the fallacy of suppressed evidence. This fallacy usually occurs when the information counts against one’s own conclusion. Perhaps the arguer is not mentioning that experts have recently objected to one of his premises.
Non-denial denial is a phrase that became popular in the wake of the Watergate scandal, referring to a denial open to double meanings, particularly one made by an official to the press. It has been defined as "an on-the-record statement, usually made by a politician, repudiating a journalist's story, but in such a way as to leave open the possibility that it is actually true." A "non-denial denial" is a statement that seems direct, clearcut and doesn't have alternative meaning at first hearing, but when carefully parsed is revealed not to be a denial at all, and is thus not untruthful. It is a case in which literally true words are used to convey a false impression; analysis of whether or when such behavior constitutes lying is a long-standing issue in ethics.
Phrasing, in a way that assumes unproven truths.
Euphemisms, (using a mild term in place of a harsh term; to pass away is to die), used to describe or promote your own agenda.
Burying bad news, telling good news, followed by bad news, hoping the good is perceived.
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