Self-Serving Bias
bias
Summary: Credit yourself for wins and blame outside forces for losses.
This protects ego but hinders learning because personal mistakes go unexamined.
Pattern prevalence
- Authors: top 0%, bottom 1.3%, overall 1.9%
- Publications: top 3.2%, bottom 3.3%, overall 1.7%
- Articles: top 2%, bottom 0%, overall 1%
Recent example
a public-private partnership established by Trump. “I am thinking about bringing the Number One Attraction anywhere in the World, the man who gets much larger audiences than Elvis in his prime, and he does so without a guitar, the man who loves our Country more than anyone else, and the man who some say is the Greatest President in History (THE GOAT!), DONALD J. TRUMP, to take the place of these highly paid, Third Rate “Artists,” and give a major speech, rallying the Country forward like I have done ever since being President!” Trump wrote Saturday. This past week,
Recent articles
Israel captures strategic castle after deepest incursion into Lebanon in 26 years 0%
Associated Press - 5/31/2026, 11:50 AM
Burden of Proof 37.2% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 30.3% - Framing Effect 29.7%
قبل عده ايام اطلق جيش الدفاع عمليه ميدانيه في مرتفعات البوفور وفي منطقه وادي الصلوقي جنوب لبنان وهي مناطق ينفذ منها حزب الله عمليات اطلاق نار وقذائف باتجاه بلدات اصبع الجليل وقوات جيش الدفاع جاءت العمليه بهدف ازاله التهديد المباشر عن بلدات اصبع الجليل وبلده المطله وتعميق الضرر الذي يلحق بمنظمه حزب الله الارهابيه يعد البوفور احد اهم... more
From AP's archives: Remembering boxing icon Muhammad Ali 10 years after his death 0%
Associated Press - 5/31/2026, 11:40 AM
Anecdotal 53.6% - Overconfidence Bias 44.9% - Appeal to Emotion 37.7%
I said last night I had a dream. When I got to Africa, I had one hell of a rumble. I had to beat Tarzan's behind first for claiming to be the king of the jungle. For this fight, I've wrestled with alligators. I've tussled with a whale. I don't handcuff lightning and put thunder in jail. You know I'm bad. I have murdered a rock. I injured... more
Officer fired after violent confrontation in North Carolina 0%
ABC News - 5/31/2026, 3:30 AM
Appeal to Emotion 58.9% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 43% - Negativity Bias 40.2%
Now to a violent confrontation leading to a North Carolina officer being fired today. The officer captured on video repeatedly punching a woman. The incident sparking outrage and protests in the community. We want to warn you some of these images are disturbing. Here's ABC's Andrew Dimbirt. >> Tonight a North Carolina police officer seen... more
Trump mocks artists getting ‘the yips’ about his Freedom 250 concert and unveils new star performer – himself 0%
The Independent - By Ariana Baio - 5/30/2026, 11:34 PM
Negativity Bias 42.8% - Attempt to Sell a Product or Service 24.5% - Self-Serving Bias 23.4%
President Donald Trump announced Saturday he would bring the “Number One Attraction anywhere in the World” to the Freedom 250 concert series, after several notable musicians backed out of performances: Himself. In a Truth Social post, the president criticized artists, who he said were getting “the yips” about performing at the Great... more
Man arrested in deadly stabbing outside Brooklyn market claims self-defense 0%
New York Daily News - By Rebecca White, Nicholas Williams - 5/30/2026, 9:03 PM
Confirmation Bias 15.1% - Optimism Bias 8.7% - Burden of Proof 8.7%
The man who was arrested in a deadly stabbing outside a Brooklyn food market claimed the incident was in self-defense, accusing the victim of attempting to steal his phone, the suspect’s defense attorney said Saturday. Jose Tucubal Morales, 25, arrived at his arraignment at Brooklyn Criminal Court with a bandage covering his right hand.... more
Federal judge orders Trump's name removed from Kennedy Center, says only Congress can rename it 0%
Fox News - By Louis Casiano - 5/29/2026, 8:10 PM
Self-Serving Bias 24.6% - Negativity Bias 20.3% - Appeal to Emotion 17.7%
A federal judge on Friday ordered that President Donald Trump's name be removed from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, an Obama appointee, said the iconic venue cannot be renamed without an act of Congress, ruling that the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees overstepped its "statutory bounds... more
Trump dumps decaying Kennedy Center onto Congress after Obama-appointed judge blocks world-class renovation 0%
One America News Network - 5/29/2026, 5:59 PM
Negativity Bias 42% - Unattributed Quote 36.3% - Framing Effect 35.5%
President Donald Trump blasted a "Barack Hussein Obama"-appointed judge on Truth Social following a federal ruling that halts the Kennedy Center's vital structural renovations and mandates the removal of Trump’s name from the building. Following a ruling by Obama-appointed U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, President Trump took to... more
How Indian PM Modi’s efforts to isolate Pakistan ‘backfired’ 0%
Al Jazeera - By Saif Khalid - 5/29/2026, 7:22 AM
Post Hoc (False Cause) 20% - Unattributed Quote 15.3% - Negativity Bias 13.9%
Doha, Qatar – Thumping his fist on a lectern, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a direct challenge to the leaders of Pakistan. “India has been successful in isolating you, and we will intensify those efforts,” he said, addressing a large rally of supporters in the southern Indian state of Kerala, as dusk set in. “We will make... more
Federal government’s landlord joins Vance fraud crackdown as White House widens hunt: 'Critical force' 0%
Fox News - By Andrew Mark Miller, Robert Schmad - 5/28/2026, 11:00 AM
Quote-first Misdirection 18.7% - Framing Effect 16.9% - Biased Writer Voice 16.9%
FIRST ON FOX: The federal agency that oversees more than $126 billion in federal contracts is joining Vice President JD Vance’s anti-fraud task force, expanding the White House crackdown into the federal government’s contracting system. The General Services Administration (GSA) calls itself the "engine of government" and serves as the... more
US and Iranian negotiators reach tentative deal to extend ceasefire and start new nuclear talks 0%
AP News - By AAMER MADHANI, JON GAMBRELL, MICHELLE L. PRICE, SAM METZ - 5/28/2026, 3:22 AM
Appeal to Authority 32.8% - Negativity Bias 28.5% - Framing Effect 20.4%
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. and Iranian negotiators reached a tentative agreement Thursday to extend the ceasefire in the 3-month-old war by 60 days and start a new round of talks on Iran’s nuclear program, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter. Iran did not immediately confirm any deal. Vice President JD Vance on Thursday... more