One of my favorite TV series is Monk. One episode was known as Mr. Monk and the Red Herring. In this episode, Detective Monk dealt with a case that seemed to revolve around a fish until, lo and behold, it turns out it wasn’t really about the fish. I will say no more in case someone wants to watch it, but the title itself had given me a clue that this would be an episode focused on a distraction, which is exactly what a red herring fallacy is.