Identify any instances of pseudoreasoning

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"Identify any instances of pseudoreasoning in the following passage either by naming them or where they seem to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the pseudoreasons are irrelevant to the point at issue.

"The San Jose Mercury News made some explosive and unsubstantiated charges in articles earlier this year suggesting the Central Intelligence Agency helped start the crack epidemic in the United States. The CIA has often behaved scandalously over the years, but no one including the Mercury News,has produced credible evidence the CIA organized or took part in drug dealing by the Contras or that the rebels flooded Los Angeles with ddrugs to finance their war against the Sandinistas."- New York Times"

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