Troy Jackson strikes a winning pose | Letter 68%
By Deb Sayer91%
8/2/2026, 1:59:00 AM
Topics: Political Conventions, Election Campaigns
BS Summary: This article contains 14 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Confirmation Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Primacy Effect as the most egregious example at 41.2% saturation with 40 hits. Analysis detected 336 faulty-reasoning hits from 97 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 55.9% and a BS Rank of 68% (8,156 of 25,459 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 68.00% of the article peer group.
The photo of Troy Jackson on page A7 of the July 26 Maine Sunday Telegram was inspiring and well received.
It reflects his raised right hand with a clenched fist.
I consider it inspiring, especially after seeing so many photos of our benighted president striking a similar pose while doing his silly dance at rallies and speeches.
Jackson’s pose demonstrates how a man clenches his fist.
In past times, during my lifetime, the other guy’s attempt to do the same thing would have been labeled “effeminate.”
Warner Price
Harpswell
Confirmation Bias
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Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
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Framing Effect
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Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
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Pessimism Bias
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Negativity Bias
27.8%Negativity Bias
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Self-Serving Bias
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Fundamental Attribution Error
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Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
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Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
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Primacy Effect
41.2%Primacy Effect
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Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
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False Dilemma
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Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
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Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
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Begging the Question
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Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
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Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
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Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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97 words analyzed.
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