BS Summary: This article contains 3 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 25.7% saturation with 29 hits. Analysis detected 63 faulty-reasoning hits from 113 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 15% and a BS Rank of 3% (21,297 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 97.30% of the article peer group.

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Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 1.7%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 1.1%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 1.0%Houston Public Media: 2.7%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 2.1%Houston Public Media: 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 1.3%Houston Public Media: 0.5%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 1.3%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 25.7%Michael Hagerty: 4.9%Houston Public Media: 4.9%Framing Effect25.7%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.5%Houston Public Media: 0.5%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.5%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.0%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.9%Houston Public Media: 2.3%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.8%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 4.2%Houston Public Media: 4.7%Negativity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 1.2%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.7%Houston Public Media: 0.4%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 1.6%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 1.5%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 1.2%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 1.1%Houston Public Media: 0.2%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.6%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.0%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 3.6%Houston Public Media: 3.5%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.7%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.3%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 2.0%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.2%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.5%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 4.5%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.8%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 1.3%Houston Public Media: 1.6%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.2%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.3%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.1%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 1.3%Houston Public Media: 1.3%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.0%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 1.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.5%Houston Public Media: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.0%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.8%Houston Public Media: 1.1%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.9%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 18.6%Michael Hagerty: 4.4%Houston Public Media: 1.1%Biased Writer Voice18.6%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 2.5%Houston Public Media: 1.7%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.8%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 11.5%Michael Hagerty: 6.3%Houston Public Media: 0.8%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…11.5%

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