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Mitch McConnell’s a massive hypocrite, and who will replace Lindsey Graham? 83%
By Daily Kos Staff100%
7/14/2026, 12:00:00 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 5 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Politically Left Leaning Bias, and Ad Hominem, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 64.7% saturation with 112 hits. Analysis detected 446 faulty-reasoning hits from 173 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 76.7% and a BS Rank of 83% (2,653 of 15,517 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 82.90% of the article peer group.
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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
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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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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger 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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Tu Quoque
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Gambler’s Fallacy
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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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173 words analyzed.
Analysis
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