Expect diversions as a very common defense, to distract focus away from main issues, to focus on side-issues. Traditional names include diversionary attacks against the person (ad hominem); stirring up people's fears (ad populum); sympathy appeals (ad misericordium); "attacking a straw man,"; "red herrings"; "bread and circuses"; "pointing to another wrong"; or any evasions, or avoiding the real substantive issues. For more about: Diversions | See also: Logic sites on Diversions and Fallacies | Example: an advisory memo suggesting how White House representatives are to react to a "Meet the Press" interview by diversion.