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Vikings beat Lions 23-10 with six turnovers96%
By The Associated Press74%
12/26/2025, 1:01:04 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 7 faulty reasoning types, including Recency Bias, Framing Effect, and Actor-Observer Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 89.8% saturation with 123 hits. Analysis detected 370 faulty-reasoning hits from 137 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 93.8% and a BS Rank of 96% (734 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 95.60% of the article peer group.
The Detroit Lions have gifted the division rival Green Bay Packers a spot in the playoffs.
With six turnovers in a 23-10 loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Thursday, Detroit was eliminated from postseason contention — clinching at least a wild-card berth for Green Bay.
After taking the past two NFC North titles, reaching the conference championship game after the first one and posting a franchise-record 15 wins for the second one, the Lions (8-8) lost their third straight game in a sloppy performance unfit for the NFL's Christmas Day showcase.
Jared Goff was charged with three lost fumbles, twice on errant snaps by backup center Kingsley Eguakun, and threw two interceptions after just six giveaways over the first 15 games this season.
The Lions entered the week with only eight turnovers, the fewest in the league.
Actor-Observer Bias
23.4%Actor-Observer Bias
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23.4%AuthorThe Associated Press
0.2%PublicationMPR News
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Anchoring Bias
10.2%Anchoring Bias
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10.2%AuthorThe Associated Press
1.7%PublicationMPR News
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Availability Heuristic
0%Availability Heuristic
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0%AuthorThe Associated Press
3.2%PublicationMPR News
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorThe Associated Press
0.1%PublicationMPR News
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Confirmation Bias
0%Confirmation Bias
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0%AuthorThe Associated Press
3%PublicationMPR News
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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0%AuthorThe Associated Press
0%PublicationMPR News
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Framing Effect
45.3%Framing Effect
OverallThis article
45.3%AuthorThe Associated Press
12.4%PublicationMPR News
25.4%Bar shows this article. Yellow and cyan markers show the selected author and publication averages.
Fundamental Attribution Error
23.4%Fundamental Attribution Error
OverallThis article
23.4%AuthorThe Associated Press
1.4%PublicationMPR News
2.3%Bar shows this article. Yellow and cyan markers show the selected author and publication averages.
Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
OverallThis article
0%AuthorThe Associated Press
2.3%PublicationMPR News
7.7%Bar shows this article. Yellow and cyan markers show the selected author and publication averages.
Hindsight Bias
21.2%Hindsight Bias
OverallThis article
21.2%AuthorThe Associated Press
0.7%PublicationMPR News
1.8%Bar shows this article. Yellow and cyan markers show the selected author and publication averages.
Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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0%AuthorThe Associated Press
0.2%PublicationMPR News
0.4%Bar shows this article. Yellow and cyan markers show the selected author and publication averages.
In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
OverallThis article
0%AuthorThe Associated Press
2.7%PublicationMPR News
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
OverallThis article
0%AuthorThe Associated Press
0.6%PublicationMPR News
4.4%Bar shows this article. Yellow and cyan markers show the selected author and publication averages.
Negativity Bias
89.8%Negativity Bias
OverallThis article
89.8%AuthorThe Associated Press
11.2%PublicationMPR News
18.5%Bar shows this article. Yellow and cyan markers show the selected author and publication averages.
Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
OverallThis article
0%AuthorThe Associated Press
3.3%PublicationMPR News
8.2%Bar shows this article. Yellow and cyan markers show the selected author and publication averages.
Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorThe Associated Press
1.2%PublicationMPR News
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorThe Associated Press
2.1%PublicationMPR News
3.3%Bar shows this article. Yellow and cyan markers show the selected author and publication averages.
Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorThe Associated Press
1.7%PublicationMPR News
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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0%AuthorThe Associated Press
0.4%PublicationMPR News
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Recency Bias
56.9%Recency Bias
OverallThis article
56.9%AuthorThe Associated Press
2%PublicationMPR News
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
OverallThis article
0%AuthorThe Associated Press
0.9%PublicationMPR News
1.4%Bar shows this article. Yellow and cyan markers show the selected author and publication averages.
Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
OverallThis article
0%AuthorThe Associated Press
2.4%PublicationMPR News
6%Bar shows this article. Yellow and cyan markers show the selected author and publication averages.
Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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0%AuthorThe Associated Press
0.8%PublicationMPR News
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0%AuthorThe Associated Press
0.2%PublicationMPR News
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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0%AuthorThe Associated Press
1%PublicationMPR News
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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0%AuthorThe Associated Press
1.5%PublicationMPR News
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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0%AuthorThe Associated Press
1.4%PublicationMPR News
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Appeal to Authority
0%Appeal to Authority
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0%AuthorThe Associated Press
3.9%PublicationMPR News
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
OverallThis article
0%AuthorThe Associated Press
6.2%PublicationMPR News
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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0%AuthorThe Associated Press
0.1%PublicationMPR News
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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0%AuthorThe Associated Press
0.6%PublicationMPR News
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%AuthorThe Associated Press
0.9%PublicationMPR News
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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0%AuthorThe Associated Press
0.5%PublicationMPR News
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorThe Associated Press
0.1%PublicationMPR News
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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0%AuthorThe Associated Press
0.1%PublicationMPR News
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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0%AuthorThe Associated Press
1.3%PublicationMPR News
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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0%AuthorThe Associated Press
0%PublicationMPR News
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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0%AuthorThe Associated Press
0.3%PublicationMPR News
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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0%AuthorThe Associated Press
3.2%PublicationMPR News
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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0%AuthorThe Associated Press
0.1%PublicationMPR News
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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0%AuthorThe Associated Press
0%PublicationMPR News
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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0%AuthorThe Associated Press
0.1%PublicationMPR News
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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0%AuthorThe Associated Press
2.9%PublicationMPR News
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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0%AuthorThe Associated Press
0.4%PublicationMPR News
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorThe Associated Press
0.8%PublicationMPR News
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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0%AuthorThe Associated Press
0.2%PublicationMPR News
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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0%AuthorThe Associated Press
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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0%AuthorThe Associated Press
0.1%PublicationMPR News
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137 words analyzed.
Analysis
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