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The real cost of reality TV 94%
By Matt Galloway0%
4/16/2026, 12:00:00 AM
Topics: Reality Television, Participant Welfare
BS Summary: This article contains 12 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Confirmation Bias, and Recency Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 70.7% saturation with 58 hits. Analysis detected 336 faulty-reasoning hits from 82 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 90.9% and a BS Rank of 94% (1,038 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 93.80% of the article peer group.
Since the dawn of reality television in the '90s, the genre has capitalized on the 'train wreck' appeal of its stars.
Now, with recent abuse allegations against the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Taylor Frankie Paul, there are renewed calls for networks to stop prioritizing dramatic plotlines over participants' mental health.
We talk to Theresa DeMaria from Netflix's 'Age of Attraction' and Danielle Lindeman, the author of 'True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us.'
Confirmation Bias
37.8%Confirmation Bias
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37.8%AuthorMatt Galloway
2.9%PublicationCBC
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
0.2%PublicationCBC
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Availability Heuristic
25.6%Availability Heuristic
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25.6%AuthorMatt Galloway
8%PublicationCBC
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Representativeness Heuristic
25.6%Representativeness Heuristic
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25.6%AuthorMatt Galloway
1.3%PublicationCBC
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
1.4%PublicationCBC
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Framing Effect
7.3%Framing Effect
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7.3%AuthorMatt Galloway
14.8%PublicationCBC
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
0.5%PublicationCBC
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
0.4%PublicationCBC
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
5.7%PublicationCBC
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
1.5%PublicationCBC
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Negativity Bias
45.1%Negativity Bias
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45.1%AuthorMatt Galloway
13%PublicationCBC
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
0.3%PublicationCBC
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
0.2%PublicationCBC
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
1.1%PublicationCBC
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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8.4%PublicationCBC
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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
37.8%Recency Bias
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37.8%AuthorMatt Galloway
0.6%PublicationCBC
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
0.7%PublicationCBC
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
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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
29.3%Appeal to Authority
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29.3%AuthorMatt Galloway
11.5%PublicationCBC
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
1.4%PublicationCBC
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
0%PublicationCBC
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
0.6%PublicationCBC
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Hasty Generalization
25.6%Hasty Generalization
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25.6%AuthorMatt Galloway
7.4%PublicationCBC
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
0.7%PublicationCBC
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Bandwagon
37.8%Bandwagon
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37.8%AuthorMatt Galloway
2.7%PublicationCBC
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
5.9%PublicationCBC
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
0.6%PublicationCBC
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
0.5%PublicationCBC
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
0.4%PublicationCBC
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
5.8%PublicationCBC
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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%AuthorMatt Galloway
0.8%PublicationCBC
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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
37.8%Unattributed Quote
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37.8%AuthorMatt Galloway
1.2%PublicationCBC
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Quote-first Misdirection
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
1%PublicationCBC
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Biased Writer Voice
70.7%Biased Writer Voice
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70.7%AuthorMatt Galloway
15.9%PublicationCBC
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Indoctrination
0%Indoctrination
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
6%PublicationCBC
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
29.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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29.3%AuthorMatt Galloway
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82 words analyzed.
Analysis
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