The Japan Times66%
Founding father: statues of Myanmar’s Aung San disappear 97%
By No Author45%
7/18/2026, 7:05:00 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 11 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Framing Effect, and Negativity Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 84.3% saturation with 75 hits. Analysis detected 399 faulty-reasoning hits from 89 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 94.8% and a BS Rank of 97% (651 of 17,854 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 96.40% of the article peer group.
Yangon, Myanmar – Statues of independence hero Aung San are quietly disappearing across Myanmar in a contest over his legacy as father of both the nation and of detained democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi.
General Aung San fought with and against both the British and the Japanese colonizers as he sought independence, but was assassinated on July 19, 1947, just months before his dream was realized.
Considered the father of modern-day Myanmar, his statues have dotted the country for decades.
Confirmation Bias
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
15.7%Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
48.3%Framing Effect
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48.3%AuthorNo Author
11.6%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0.3%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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0%AuthorNo Author
4.4%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Pessimism Bias
36%Pessimism Bias
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36%AuthorNo Author
2.6%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Negativity Bias
39.3%Negativity Bias
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39.3%AuthorNo Author
9.7%PublicationThe Japan Times
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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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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
55.1%Halo Effect
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55.1%AuthorNo Author
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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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Primacy Effect
36%Primacy Effect
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36%AuthorNo Author
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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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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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
39.3%Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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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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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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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
15.7%Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
39.3%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
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
84.3%Biased Writer Voice
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Indoctrination
39.3%Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%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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89 words analyzed.
Analysis
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