BS Summary: This article contains 2 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 16.4% saturation with 23 hits. Analysis detected 29 faulty-reasoning hits from 140 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 5.2% and a BS Rank of 2% (25,003 of 25,294 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 98.80% of the article peer group.
A 64-year-old bicyclist was killed in Milwaukee after a fatal hit-and-run July 31, according to a news release from the Milwaukee Police Department.
At around 5:40 p.m. in the 1700 block of West Vliet Street, a vehicle traveling northbound on North 17th Street struck the bicyclist, who was crossing the street westbound on West Vliet Street.
The striking vehicle left the scene.
The 64-year-old sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Milwaukee police is seeking information about anyone involved or about the incident.
The police can be reached by calling 414-935-7360 or, to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 414-224-Tips or P3 Tips.
Adrienne Davis is a general assignment and breaking news reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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Confirmation Bias
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Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
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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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In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
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Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
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Primacy 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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Post Hoc (False Cause)
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Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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Gambler’s Fallacy
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Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
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Quote-first Misdirection
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Indoctrination
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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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140 words analyzed.
Analysis
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