Hasty Generalization
fallacy
Summary: Draw a broad rule from limited cases.
Insufficient or unrepresentative samples are treated as proof about entire groups or trends.
Pattern prevalence
- Authors: top 30.2%, bottom 4.3%, overall 5.8%
- Publications: top 16.7%, bottom 8.2%, overall 7.2%
- Articles: top 21.2%, bottom 0%, overall 10.6%
Recent example
Their elections are a fraud. Their mail-in votes are a fraud.
Labels all elections and mail-in votes as fraudulent.
Recent articles
Anti-ICE chaos ERUPTS as governor points blame to 'national extremist groups' 0%
Fox News - 5/31/2026, 12:15 PM
Negativity Bias 26.6% - Appeal to Authority 25% - Hasty Generalization 22.7%
Welcome back. Anti-ICE protesters raging out of control. Tensions boiling over outside the New Jersey detention center as Democratic Governor Mikey Cheryl backs their cause and refuses to point blame. Watch. >> New Jersey law enforcement established a peaceful protected protest zone in the area outside Delaney Hall. We know that people... more
Trump eyes balanced budget with anti-fraud CRACKDOWN #shorts #us #news #Trump #us #debt 0%
Fox News - 5/31/2026, 11:30 AM
Overconfidence Bias 35.4% - Begging the Question 35.4% - Appeal to Emotion 34.7%
There have been so many accomplishments. One of them that you didn't even mention, rooting out fraud in our country, which I think has meant so much to the American people. >> we can balance our budget. And JD's doing a great job with his team, and they've caught already hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud. And they haven't even... more
Pete Hegseth said any peace deal with Iran "will be a good deal" #shorts 0%
CBS News - 5/31/2026, 3:27 AM
Appeal to Authority 48.8% - Politically Right Leaning Bias 45% - Confirmation Bias 42.1%
Any deal will be a good deal. And I had a chance to talk to President Trump this morning. He He wanted me to reiterate how patient he is in ensuring that with America undertaking this kind of historic endeavor, any deal will be a good one, a great one, and he's patient in the pursuit of that because of how the implications of how that... more
NJ gov calls for protesters to 'BRING THE TEMPERATURE DOWN' 0%
Fox News - 5/31/2026, 12:15 AM
Appeal to Authority 49.6% - Appeal to Emotion 45.6% - Framing Effect 35.1%
Let's go to New Jersey Governor Mikey Cheryl, who is speaking right now at a New Jersey state police station in New York following days of violent protests outside Delaney Hall. Let's listen. >> I will not give ICE a pretext to expand operations at Delaney Hall or across our state. I will not put lives at risk. I'm grateful to the vast... more
Free Swim Program Breaks Generational Fear of Water for Bayview Families 0%
KQED - By Samantha Kennedy - 5/30/2026, 11:37 PM
Appeal to Emotion 18.7% - Hasty Generalization 17.5% - In-Group Bias 16.8%
At India Basin Waterfront Park on Saturday, kids readied up their life vests and hitched a ride on a rowboat as part of the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department and YMCA of San Francisco-hosted Splash Bash. Youth from the historically Black Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhoods in San Francisco were there to celebrate their new... more
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
Mets induct Bobby Valentine, Lee Mazzilli to club Hall of Fame 0%
New York Daily News - By Abbey Mastracco - 5/30/2026, 9:29 PM
Biased Writer Voice 56.3% - Halo Effect 23.8% - Hasty Generalization 18.4%
From Mr. and Mrs. Met to Sidd Finch, from Keith Hernandez and the entire 1986 World Series roster to a Latin pop star called "Candelita" and a slugger called the "Polar Bear," the Mets have had quite a few characters come through Queens. Bobby Valentine may be the biggest one of them all. Best known as the manager who once donned a... more
Spencer Pratt reveals plan to make Hollywood great again amid Tinseltown exodus as bombshell poll signals upset in LA mayoral race 0%
Daily Mail - By Alyssa Guzman - 5/30/2026, 3:43 PM
Negativity Bias 34.9% - Confirmation Bias 14.4% - Hasty Generalization 14.2%
Former reality star and mayoral candidate, Spencer Pratt, is taking his vast TV knowledge to call out his opponents for destroying California's crown economic jewel. Pratt, 42, went on a lengthy X rant on Friday, calling out his opponents, incumbent Karen Bass and Nithya Raman, for destroying Hollywood. 'Nithya did NOTHING as Hollywood... more
In Bunia’s Ebola fight, women are on the front lines often without protective gear 0%
Associated Press - 5/30/2026, 12:53 PM
Hasty Generalization 99.4% - Biased Writer Voice 99.4% - Representativeness Heuristic 86.6%
Lorsque une personne est malade, un membre de famille quelconque est malade bien dans la communauté, si la personne est malade, la personne de si une m donc une membre de communauté est malade, la personne qui va venir aider cette personne malade, c'est la femme. C'est la femme qui viendra faire les baai. C'est la femme qui viendra... more
We have to take this more seriously, UFO expert says 0%
Fox News - 5/30/2026, 10:30 AM
Appeal to Emotion 38.7% - Negativity Bias 35.9% - Availability Heuristic 35.6%
We've had repeated instances of something operating in the airspace over restricted nuclear facilities and it's not ours and we don't know whose it is. That alone, just that statement alone deserves inquiry, deserves attention, deserves focus. [music] >> If you have objects in the sky that you cannot identify, that's a problem because it... more