BS Summary: This article contains 10 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Loss Aversion, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 64.1% saturation with 100 hits. Analysis detected 491 faulty-reasoning hits from 156 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 49.1% and a BS Rank of 47% (10,093 of 18,898 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 53.40% of the article peer group.
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Confirmation Bias
0%Confirmation Bias
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0.3%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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0%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Availability Heuristic
20.5%Availability Heuristic
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20.5%AuthorWashington Post staff
1.2%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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0.4%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorWashington Post staff
1.7%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Framing Effect
55.1%Framing Effect
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55.1%AuthorWashington Post staff
8.7%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Loss Aversion
34.6%Loss Aversion
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34.6%AuthorWashington Post staff
2.1%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Status Quo Bias
12.8%Status Quo Bias
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12.8%AuthorWashington Post staff
1.1%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Optimism Bias
29.5%Optimism Bias
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29.5%AuthorWashington Post staff
2.8%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorWashington Post staff
0.2%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Negativity Bias
12.8%Negativity Bias
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12.8%AuthorWashington Post staff
1.3%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0.3%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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0%AuthorWashington Post staff
0.6%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorWashington Post staff
0%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Halo Effect
17.3%Halo Effect
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17.3%AuthorWashington Post staff
1.2%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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0.3%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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0%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
0%Appeal to Authority
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0%AuthorWashington Post staff
1.6%PublicationThe Washington Post
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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0%AuthorWashington Post staff
0.3%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorWashington Post staff
0%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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1.1%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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0.6%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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0%AuthorWashington Post staff
0.5%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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0%AuthorWashington Post staff
0%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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0.1%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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0%AuthorWashington Post staff
0.9%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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0%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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0%AuthorWashington Post staff
3.1%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
0%Unattributed Quote
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0%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Quote-first Misdirection
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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0%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Biased Writer Voice
64.1%Biased Writer Voice
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64.1%AuthorWashington Post staff
3.4%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Indoctrination
12.8%Indoctrination
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12.8%AuthorWashington Post staff
8.7%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorWashington Post staff
0%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorWashington Post staff
0.7%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
55.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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55.1%AuthorWashington Post staff
5.6%PublicationThe Washington Post
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156 words analyzed.
Analysis
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