Fundamental Attribution Error
bias
Summary: Overemphasize traits over situations when judging others.
Observers attribute someone’s behavior to character while ignoring context, yet excuse their own actions with situational factors.
Pattern prevalence
- Authors: top 1.1%, bottom 0.8%, overall 1.2%
- Publications: top 3.3%, bottom 1.1%, overall 1.3%
- Articles: top 18.1%, bottom 0%, overall 9%
Recent example
a right way to do it. Just coming across the border and receiving benefits over people who came here the right way is not immigration, that's an invasion. >> It's important for me to
Recent articles
Rival demonstrators protest outside immigration detention center in Newark 0%
Associated Press - 5/30/2026, 10:32 PM
Appeal to Emotion 60.5% - Negativity Bias 43.2% - In-Group Bias 33.3%
They are here to try to silence our voice. They will not silence our voice. We will stand here peacefully and patriotically and let the people back there know. Let them know that they are supportive >> The message here is that we love and we respect immigrants who come here and show love and patriotism towards the country. But if you... more
Pentagon wants troops to attend Trump’s White House cage fight - but only fit ones 0%
The Independent - By Josh Marcus - 5/29/2026, 11:39 PM
Negativity Bias 28.7% - Framing Effect 14.2% - Halo Effect 12%
The Pentagon is reportedly recruiting service members to sit in the crowd for President Donald Trump’s birthday UFC fight on the White House lawn, requiring that the troops pay their way at the event — and meet exacting physical fitness requirements. Air Force troops considering taking up the offer were told they must meet the “CURRENT... more
The Race to Build AI Data Centers — Before the People Can Protest 0%
The Intercept - By The Intercept Briefing - 5/29/2026, 10:00 AM
Negativity Bias 25.5% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 12.7% - Hasty Generalization 10.9%
Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary has been making the media rounds defending the 40,000-acre data center project he’s backing in northern Utah. Dismissing residents’ concerns over the environmental impacts and water demands of the proposed project in the drought-stricken Great Salt Lake region, O’Leary has claimed protesters are “bused in,”... more
WH posts 10-year tribute to Harambe: ‘Forever in our hearts’ 0%
One America News Network - 5/28/2026, 6:46 PM
Negativity Bias 31.1% - Unattributed Quote 23.1% - Biased Writer Voice 21%
Marking a full decade since an event that captured the nation's attention, the White House released a formal retrospective honoring Harambe, the western lowland silverback gorilla whose 2016 death at the Cincinnati Zoo became a defining moment of modern digital culture. In a statement tracking the 10-year anniversary, officials noted... more
Kansas City's World Cup preparations are for a global audience first. Here's why 0%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR - By Gabe Rosenberg - 5/28/2026, 9:00 AM
Attempt to Sell a Product or Service 16.2% - Negativity Bias 9.4% - Appeal to Emotion 7.2%
You're reading KCUR's Soccer City '26 newsletter. Subscribe here for weekly updates through the end of the tournament. Putting on a World Cup is like throwing a house party, just on a larger scale. You spend so much time cleaning the place, decorating, stocking up on beers, and, if you're me, cooking hundreds of dumplings and multiple... more
Gov. Kathy Hochul's attempt at dunking on President Trump's New York Knicks fandom backfires 0%
OutKick - By Matt Reigle - 5/27/2026, 8:15 PM
Biased Writer Voice 64.9% - Negativity Bias 38.7% - Appeal to Emotion 26.4%
Everyone is buzzing about the New York Knicks going to the NBA Finals, so much so that President Donald Trump says he's going to head to New York to catch a game. Of course, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul — who not too long ago was pleading for big-money ex-New Yorkers to return to the state — thought she would try to dunk on the president... more
Marjorie Taylor Greene fears Trump will use war as excuse to cancel 2028 election 27.3%
The Independent - By Owen Scott - 5/22/2026, 10:33 AM
Negativity Bias 41.9% - Framing Effect 27.4% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 17.1%
Former Trump loyalist Marjorie Taylor Greene says that she fears President Trump will try to use war to cancel the 2028 presidential election. Greene, who infamously broke with the president after calling for the release of the Epstein files, referenced a meeting in which Trump alluded to canceling elections. “I’m concerned,” Greene... more
Exclusive | 'Hell on wheels' killer Mackenzie Shirilla is prison 'mean girl:' inmate 50.3%
New York Post - By Georgia Worrell - 5/20/2026, 11:00 AM
Anecdotal 47.7% - Confirmation Bias 21.6% - Negativity Bias 17.7%
A woman who served time behind bars alongside convicted “Hell on Wheels” killer Mackenzie Shirilla claimed the teen was "the Regina George of prison" before she became hardened. “Hell on wheels” killer Mackenzie Shirilla is nothing like the remorseful, hardened prison inmate depicted in the hit Netflix doc, a former inmate said. “When... more
MAHA’s latest conspiracy? Blaming Bill Gates for spike in tick bites 7.3%
The Independent - By Julia Musto - 5/19/2026, 9:50 PM
Appeal to Authority 29.2% - Unattributed Quote 15.7% - Availability Heuristic 15.6%
The next MAHA conspiracy is about this year’s record tick season, it involves Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates – and it was also disproven three years ago. Social media users are claiming the billionaire philanthropist bred and released ticks with alpha-gal syndrome, which causes life-threatening allergic reactions to red meat. The MAHA... more
Trump targets critic Rep. Thomas Massie in Republican primary election 84.4%
NBC News - 5/19/2026, 2:27 PM
President Trump is out for political revenge. >> We're in a fight against the worst congressman in the history of our country. His name is Thomas Massie. Massie's a Republican, but has often criticized the president over the national debt, the Iran war, and the Epstein files. >> He's still in with the Epstein class. This is the Epstein... more