BS Summary: This article contains 18 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Overconfidence Bias, and Unattributed Quote, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 60.8% saturation with 62 hits. Analysis detected 367 faulty-reasoning hits from 102 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 77.5% and a BS Rank of 85% (2,658 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 84.20% of the article peer group.
Navy Secretary John Phelan was fired on Wednesday after months of infighting with senior Pentagon leaders.
He championed a major investment in new ships, including a “Trump-class” battleship.
The future Trump class battleship, the U.S.S.
Defiant, will be the largest, deadliest, and most versatile and best- looking warship anywhere on the world’s oceans.
John Phelan is one of the most successful businessmen in the country.
He’s taking probably the largest salary cut in history, but he wanted to do it.
He wants to rebuild our Navy.
And you needed that kind of a brain to do it properly.
Confirmation Bias
11.8%Confirmation Bias
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11.8%AuthorShawn Paik
2.7%PublicationThe New York Times
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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0%AuthorShawn Paik
3.6%PublicationThe New York Times
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Availability Heuristic
17.6%Availability Heuristic
OverallThis article
17.6%AuthorShawn Paik
4.1%PublicationThe New York Times
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Representativeness Heuristic
11.8%Representativeness Heuristic
OverallThis article
11.8%AuthorShawn Paik
1.6%PublicationThe New York Times
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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0%AuthorShawn Paik
0%PublicationThe New York Times
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Overconfidence Bias
32.4%Overconfidence Bias
OverallThis article
32.4%AuthorShawn Paik
8.2%PublicationThe New York Times
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Framing Effect
17.6%Framing Effect
OverallThis article
17.6%AuthorShawn Paik
11.5%PublicationThe New York Times
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
OverallThis article
0%AuthorShawn Paik
0%PublicationThe New York Times
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
OverallThis article
0%AuthorShawn Paik
0%PublicationThe New York Times
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
OverallThis article
0%AuthorShawn Paik
0%PublicationThe New York Times
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Optimism Bias
14.7%Optimism Bias
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14.7%AuthorShawn Paik
8.8%PublicationThe New York Times
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
OverallThis article
0%AuthorShawn Paik
2.6%PublicationThe New York Times
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Negativity Bias
19.6%Negativity Bias
OverallThis article
19.6%AuthorShawn Paik
1.8%PublicationThe New York Times
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Self-Serving Bias
14.7%Self-Serving Bias
OverallThis article
14.7%AuthorShawn Paik
4%PublicationThe New York Times
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
OverallThis article
0%AuthorShawn Paik
1.1%PublicationThe New York Times
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
OverallThis article
0%AuthorShawn Paik
0%PublicationThe New York Times
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In-Group Bias
11.8%In-Group Bias
OverallThis article
11.8%AuthorShawn Paik
4.3%PublicationThe New York Times
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
OverallThis article
0%AuthorShawn Paik
0%PublicationThe New York Times
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Halo Effect
41.2%Halo Effect
OverallThis article
41.2%AuthorShawn Paik
9%PublicationThe New York Times
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
OverallThis article
0%AuthorShawn Paik
0%PublicationThe New York Times
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
OverallThis article
0%AuthorShawn Paik
0%PublicationThe New York Times
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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0%AuthorShawn Paik
0.9%PublicationThe New York Times
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
OverallThis article
0%AuthorShawn Paik
0%PublicationThe New York Times
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorShawn Paik
0%PublicationThe New York Times
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
OverallThis article
0%AuthorShawn Paik
0%PublicationThe New York Times
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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0%AuthorShawn Paik
0%PublicationThe New York Times
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Appeal to Authority
11.8%Appeal to Authority
OverallThis article
11.8%AuthorShawn Paik
3.7%PublicationThe New York Times
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
OverallThis article
0%AuthorShawn Paik
2%PublicationThe New York Times
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
OverallThis article
0%AuthorShawn Paik
0%PublicationThe New York Times
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
OverallThis article
0%AuthorShawn Paik
0%PublicationThe New York Times
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Hasty Generalization
11.8%Hasty Generalization
OverallThis article
11.8%AuthorShawn Paik
5.4%PublicationThe New York Times
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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0%AuthorShawn Paik
0%PublicationThe New York Times
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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0%AuthorShawn Paik
0%PublicationThe New York Times
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Appeal to Emotion
11.8%Appeal to Emotion
OverallThis article
11.8%AuthorShawn Paik
8.8%PublicationThe New York Times
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%AuthorShawn Paik
0%PublicationThe New York Times
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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0%AuthorShawn Paik
0%PublicationThe New York Times
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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0%AuthorShawn Paik
0%PublicationThe New York Times
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Burden of Proof
14.7%Burden of Proof
OverallThis article
14.7%AuthorShawn Paik
2%PublicationThe New York Times
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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0%AuthorShawn Paik
0%PublicationThe New York Times
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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0%AuthorShawn Paik
0%PublicationThe New York Times
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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0%AuthorShawn Paik
0.9%PublicationThe New York Times
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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0%AuthorShawn Paik
0%PublicationThe New York Times
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
17.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
OverallThis article
17.6%AuthorShawn Paik
2.6%PublicationThe New York Times
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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0%AuthorShawn Paik
0%PublicationThe New York Times
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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0%AuthorShawn Paik
0%PublicationThe New York Times
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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0%AuthorShawn Paik
0%PublicationThe New York Times
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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0%AuthorShawn Paik
0%PublicationThe New York Times
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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0%AuthorShawn Paik
0%PublicationThe New York Times
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Unattributed Quote
32.4%Unattributed Quote
OverallThis article
32.4%AuthorShawn Paik
7.9%PublicationThe New York Times
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Quote-first Misdirection
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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0%AuthorShawn Paik
0.8%PublicationThe New York Times
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Biased Writer Voice
60.8%Biased Writer Voice
OverallThis article
60.8%AuthorShawn Paik
16.2%PublicationThe New York Times
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Indoctrination
5.9%Indoctrination
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5.9%AuthorShawn Paik
5.9%PublicationThe New York Times
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorShawn Paik
0%PublicationThe New York Times
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
OverallThis article
0%AuthorShawn Paik
2.2%PublicationThe New York Times
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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0%AuthorShawn Paik
0%PublicationThe New York Times
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102 words analyzed.
Analysis
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