BS Summary: This article contains 10 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Begging the Question, and Hasty Generalization, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 91 hits. Analysis detected 372 faulty-reasoning hits from 95 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 89.5% and a BS Rank of 94% (1,168 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 93.10% of the article peer group.
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Availability Heuristic
0%Availability Heuristic
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0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Confirmation Bias
14.3%Confirmation Bias
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14.3%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
13.9%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Framing Effect
100%Framing Effect
OverallThis article
100%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
58.7%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
OverallThis article
0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Halo Effect
7.7%Halo Effect
OverallThis article
7.7%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
33.8%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
OverallThis article
0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
8.5%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Negativity Bias
0%Negativity Bias
OverallThis article
0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Optimism Bias
86.8%Optimism Bias
OverallThis article
86.8%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
60.9%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
OverallThis article
0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Overconfidence Bias
28.6%Overconfidence Bias
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28.6%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
60.5%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
OverallThis article
0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
OverallThis article
0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
OverallThis article
0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
3.6%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
OverallThis article
0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Appeal to Authority
36.3%Appeal to Authority
OverallThis article
36.3%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
26%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Appeal to Emotion
22%Appeal to Emotion
OverallThis article
22%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
53%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Begging the Question
50.5%Begging the Question
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50.5%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
37.4%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Composition/Division
19.8%Composition/Division
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19.8%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
6.4%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Hasty Generalization
42.9%Hasty Generalization
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42.9%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
23.1%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
OverallThis article
0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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0%AuthorLara Hamdan (Engagement Editor)
0%PublicationBelleville News-Democrat
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91 words analyzed.
Analysis
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