BS Summary: This article contains 10 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Anecdotal, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 86.7% saturation with 65 hits. Analysis detected 279 faulty-reasoning hits from 75 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 89.6% and a BS Rank of 94% (1,156 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 93.10% of the article peer group.
Oscar-winning actor Robert Duvall, known for roles in Hollywood classics like “The Godfather” and “Apocalypse Now,” has died.
He was 95 years old.
The cinema titan died Sunday night at his Middleburg, Virginia, wife Luciana Duvall announced.
“Yesterday we said goodbye to my beloved husband, cherished friend, and one of the greatest actors of our time,” she wrote, adding that he died “peacefully at home, surrounded by love and comfort.”
This is a developing story.
Confirmation Bias
0%Confirmation Bias
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
6.4%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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Anchoring Bias
6.7%Anchoring Bias
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6.7%AuthorDavid Matthews
0.8%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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Availability Heuristic
24%Availability Heuristic
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24%AuthorDavid Matthews
8.9%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
2%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
1.5%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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Framing Effect
69.3%Framing Effect
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69.3%AuthorDavid Matthews
14.9%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
0%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
0.4%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
1.2%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
2.5%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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Negativity Bias
24%Negativity Bias
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24%AuthorDavid Matthews
10.3%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
0%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
1.2%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
1.2%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
0%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
0.4%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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Halo Effect
86.7%Halo Effect
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86.7%AuthorDavid Matthews
6.9%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
0%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
0%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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Recency Bias
6.7%Recency Bias
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6.7%AuthorDavid Matthews
2.2%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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Primacy Effect
24%Primacy Effect
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24%AuthorDavid Matthews
1.3%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
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Appeal to Authority
42.7%Appeal to Authority
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42.7%AuthorDavid Matthews
2.4%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
2.3%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
0.7%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
0%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
11.9%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
0.9%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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Appeal to Emotion
44%Appeal to Emotion
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44%AuthorDavid Matthews
14.6%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
1.7%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
2.5%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
0%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
0.3%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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Anecdotal
44%Anecdotal
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44%AuthorDavid Matthews
4.2%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
3.2%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
0.3%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
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Unattributed Quote
0%Unattributed Quote
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
3.8%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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Biased Writer Voice
0%Biased Writer Voice
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
24.3%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
1.8%Publicationnewyorkdailynews
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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0%AuthorDavid Matthews
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75 words analyzed.
Analysis
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