Even in its moderate form, this argument presupposes that factual elements can be plucked out of panegyric as nuggets of truth isolated from the dross of empty verbiage.
a small amount of truth in a generally untrue statement
الواصلة
a small a·mount of truth in a gen·er·al·ly un·true state·ment
التركية النطق
ı smôl ımaunt ıv truth în ı cenrıli ıntru steytmınt