BS Summary: This article contains 5 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Primacy Effect, and Ambiguity (Equivocation), with In-Group Bias as the most egregious example at 32.6% saturation with 46 hits. Analysis detected 74 faulty-reasoning hits from 141 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 21.8% and a BS Rank of 6% (15,912 of 16,813 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 94.60% of the article peer group.
This episode of A People's History of Kansas City was reported, produced, and mixed by Suzanne Hogan with editing by Mackenzie Martin and Gabe Rosenberg.
This is the final installment of a series leading up to the 2026 World Cup in collaboration with the Great Game Lab at Arizona State University, which explores how sport connects the us to the rest of the world, and the Us@250 Initiative at New America.
Read and listen to the first episode, "The immigrants who made us a soccer city," the second episode, "Lamar Hunt and the dream of U.S. soccer," and the third episode, "How women made the U.S. a soccer powerhouse."
If you know about a local champion of soccer in Kansas City who helped bring the city to this extraordinary moment, email us at peopleshistorykc@kcur.org
Confirmation Bias
0%Confirmation Bias
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
3%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
0.2%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Availability Heuristic
0%Availability Heuristic
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
3.2%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
1.6%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
1.6%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
1.8%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Framing Effect
5%Framing Effect
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5%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
1.5%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
0.1%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
0.2%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
1.2%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
3.8%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
0.7%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Negativity Bias
0%Negativity Bias
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
3.7%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
1.5%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
0.6%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
0%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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In-Group Bias
32.6%In-Group Bias
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32.6%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
2%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
0.4%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
4.5%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
0%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
0%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
1.1%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Primacy Effect
5%Primacy Effect
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5%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
0.3%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
0%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
0%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
0%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Appeal to Authority
0%Appeal to Authority
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
2.3%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
1.3%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
0%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
0.2%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
4.1%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
0.3%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
0.6%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
2%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
0.4%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
5.7%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
0%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
0.4%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
0%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
0.6%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
2.5%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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0.2%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
5%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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5%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
1.2%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
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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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Quote-first Misdirection
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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0.1%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Biased Writer Voice
5%Biased Writer Voice
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5%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
3.8%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Indoctrination
0%Indoctrination
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
0.3%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
0.6%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
0.3%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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0%AuthorSuzanne Hogan
2.4%PublicationColumbia Missourian
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141 words analyzed.
Analysis
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