Forbes45%
Trump Says ICE Should Continue Making Traffic Stops—Contradicting DHS Pause 73%
By Zachary Folk32%
7/15/2026, 12:48:27 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 9 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Recency Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 88% saturation with 73 hits. Analysis detected 461 faulty-reasoning hits from 83 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 66.7% and a BS Rank of 73% (4,326 of 15,907 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 72.80% of the article peer group.
President Donald Trump said Immigration and Customs Enforcement should continue using traffic stops, insisting “we CANNOT give up one of I.C.E.’s most important and effective Crime Fighting tools,” one day after the Department of Homeland Security ordered the agency to pause vehicle stops.
Trump called traffic stops one of ICE’s “most important and effective crime fighting tools,” one day after the DHS paused the tactic in the wake of two officer-involved deadly shootings.
Confirmation Bias
88%Confirmation Bias
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88%AuthorZachary Folk
5.8%PublicationForbes
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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0%AuthorZachary Folk
1%PublicationForbes
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Availability Heuristic
0%Availability Heuristic
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0%AuthorZachary Folk
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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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0%AuthorZachary Folk
3.4%PublicationForbes
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Framing Effect
12%Framing Effect
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12%AuthorZachary Folk
10.1%PublicationForbes
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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0%AuthorZachary Folk
0.7%PublicationForbes
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0%AuthorZachary Folk
0%PublicationForbes
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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0%AuthorZachary Folk
3.3%PublicationForbes
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorZachary Folk
0%PublicationForbes
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Negativity Bias
88%Negativity Bias
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88%AuthorZachary Folk
12.6%PublicationForbes
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorZachary Folk
0%PublicationForbes
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%AuthorZachary Folk
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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0%AuthorZachary Folk
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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0%AuthorZachary Folk
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorZachary Folk
0%PublicationForbes
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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0%AuthorZachary Folk
0.8%PublicationForbes
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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0%AuthorZachary Folk
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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0%AuthorZachary Folk
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Recency Bias
88%Recency Bias
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88%AuthorZachary Folk
4.3%PublicationForbes
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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0%AuthorZachary Folk
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorZachary Folk
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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
0%Appeal to Authority
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0%AuthorZachary Folk
7%PublicationForbes
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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0%PublicationForbes
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorZachary Folk
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorZachary Folk
0%PublicationForbes
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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0%AuthorZachary Folk
2.9%PublicationForbes
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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0%AuthorZachary Folk
0.5%PublicationForbes
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Appeal to Emotion
88%Appeal to Emotion
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88%AuthorZachary Folk
3.3%PublicationForbes
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%AuthorZachary Folk
0%PublicationForbes
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
51.8%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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51.8%AuthorZachary Folk
2.8%PublicationForbes
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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
0%Anecdotal
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0%AuthorZachary Folk
0.8%PublicationForbes
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
36.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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36.1%AuthorZachary Folk
3.6%PublicationForbes
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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
51.8%Unattributed Quote
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51.8%AuthorZachary Folk
2.5%PublicationForbes
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Quote-first Misdirection
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
51.8%Biased Writer Voice
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51.8%AuthorZachary Folk
1.6%PublicationForbes
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Indoctrination
0%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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83 words analyzed.
Analysis
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