BS Summary: This article contains 7 faulty reasoning types, including Status Quo Bias, Primacy Effect, and False Dilemma, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 22.5% saturation with 27 hits. Analysis detected 116 faulty-reasoning hits from 120 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 16.7% and a BS Rank of 4% (21,177 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 96.80% of the article peer group.
After 39 years representing the city in the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi is retiring when her term ends at the end of this year.
It is the first time no incumbent is running in this district since Pelosi was first elected in 1987.
This congressional district includes all of San Francisco, except for a small southeastern section left out to balance the total population.
Representatives are your local community’s voice in the U.S.
House of Representatives.
Members of Congress write and vote on bills, including the federal budget.
The top two finishers in this primary election, regardless of party, will face off in the November election.
The winner will serve a two-year term.
Confirmation Bias
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Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
22.5%Framing Effect
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
20.8%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
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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
7.5%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
0%Recency Bias
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Primacy Effect
15.8%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
15%False Dilemma
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
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Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
7.5%Appeal to Emotion
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Begging the Question
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
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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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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
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Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
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Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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120 words analyzed.
Analysis
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