NBC News57%
Rep. Miller vows to remain in reelection race amid abuse allegations 51%
By NBCNews.com39%
8/2/2026, 3:52:28 PM
Topics: US Politics, Elections
BS Summary: This article contains 3 faulty reasoning types, including Primacy Effect and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 53.1% saturation with 34 hits. Analysis detected 82 faulty-reasoning hits from 64 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 45.3% and a BS Rank of 51% (12,517 of 25,284 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 50.50% of the article peer group.
Congressman Max Miller (R-Ohio) is doubling down on his reelection bid, defending himself from claims of domestic violence and child abuse by his ex-wife.
Miller said he would not leave the race as his ex-father-in-law Senator Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) said today that Miller is not fit to serve.
NBC News’ Julie Tsirkin reports.
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Anchoring Bias
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Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
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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
53.1%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
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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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Post Hoc (False Cause)
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Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
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Personal Incredulity
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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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Analysis
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