Relevant Context Foundation

Legal Protections & Editorial Standards


Our Mission

Relevant Context Foundation is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to improving public reasoning, media literacy, and civic understanding. We publish analysis, critiques, and educational content about how language, ideas, and narratives are constructed and disseminated in public discourse.

Our work is nonpartisan, issue-focused, and grounded in principles of clear reasoning and factual integrity.

Legal Protections Under New York Anti-SLAPP Law

RCF operates under the protection of New York Civil Rights Law §§ 70-a and 76-a, which safeguard the right to speak freely about matters of public interest.

This includes protections for commentary on:

Any lawsuit filed against RCF that attempts to suppress our lawful speech may be subject to immediate dismissal, and RCF may be entitled to recover legal fees.

Editorial Standards

To ensure our content remains protected, principled, and focused:

We Do: We Do Not:

Disclaimers

RCF critiques the public presentation of ideas, not the personal character of individuals. We do not publish campaign advocacy or partisan endorsements. If a critique of messaging disproportionately highlights one group, it is due to the reasoning patterns observed—not institutional bias.

Concerned About a Post?

If you believe a published piece misrepresents a public statement or contains a factual error, we encourage you to contact us at frank@rcfmedia.org. We review all concerns in good faith.


Fallacy Icons (Font Awesome)

Visual shorthand: These icons label common reasoning patterns in our popups and transcripts. They’re chosen for clarity and availability in Font Awesome Free.

Tip: You can color-code by category (e.g., red for attacks, yellow for distractions, blue for appeals).

Ad Hominem
Attacking the person rather than the argument.
Alt: fa-user-xmark
Appeal to Emotion
Leveraging fear, pity, or anger to bypass reasoning.
Alt: fa-face-angry
Straw Man
Misrepresenting an argument to make it easier to attack.
False Dilemma
Presenting only two options when more exist.
Slippery Slope
Claiming one step will inevitably lead to extreme outcomes.
Circular Reasoning
The conclusion is assumed in the premise.
Appeal to Authority
Relying on authority instead of argument or evidence.
Bandwagon
Arguing that a claim is true because many believe it.
Hasty Generalization
Drawing a broad conclusion from too little evidence.
Alt: fa-magnifying-glass-minus
False Cause
Confusing correlation with causation.
Red Herring
Introducing a distraction to divert from the main issue.
Loaded Question
A question with a built-in assumption.
Equivocation
Shifting meanings of a key term mid-argument.
Appeal to Ignorance
Claiming something is true because it hasn’t been proven false (or vice versa).
False Analogy
Assuming two things alike in one way are alike in all ways.
Alt: fa-scale-unbalanced