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Multiple rescued from pontoon boat near Alcatraz as search continues for missing persons 8%
By Michael Sinkewicz47%
7/15/2026, 12:33:31 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 11 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Availability Heuristic, and Representativeness Heuristic, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 31.8% saturation with 34 hits. Analysis detected 197 faulty-reasoning hits from 107 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 24.8% and a BS Rank of 8% (14,993 of 16,257 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 92.20% of the article peer group.
Two people are missing, and 17 others were rescued Tuesday from a pontoon boat near Alcatraz Island off the coast of San Francisco, authorities said.
One of the 17 people pulled from the water was receiving CPR, while one person remained missing, San Francisco Fire Lt.
Mariano Elias said.
Elias described the vessel as a "pontoon pleasure boat" that was roughly 600 yards from Alcatraz Island when the fire started.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Confirmation Bias
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Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
19.6%Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
19.6%Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
31.8%Framing Effect
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31.8%AuthorMichael Sinkewicz
5.4%PublicationFox Nation
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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
8.4%Optimism Bias
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8.4%AuthorMichael Sinkewicz
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Pessimism Bias
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Negativity Bias
31.8%Negativity Bias
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31.8%AuthorMichael Sinkewicz
5.3%PublicationFox Nation
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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
8.4%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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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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Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
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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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107 words analyzed.
Analysis
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