BS Summary: This article contains 12 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Appeal to Authority, and Overconfidence Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 94.9% saturation with 56 hits. Analysis detected 350 faulty-reasoning hits from 59 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 87.6% and a BS Rank of 93% (1,639 of 21,164 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 92.30% of the article peer group.

The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. 
Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business. 
More than half the world’s population sees AP journalism every day. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%AP News: 2.0%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%AP News: 0.8%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 18.6%AP News: 2.7%Availability Heuristic18.6%This article: 18.6%AP News: 0.7%Representativeness Heuristic18.6%This article: 0.0%AP News: 0.4%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 54.2%AP News: 1.6%Overconfidence Bias54.2%This article: 0.0%AP News: 8.0%Framing Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%AP News: 0.4%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%AP News: 0.5%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%AP News: 0.1%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%AP News: 2.2%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%AP News: 2.1%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%AP News: 9.6%Negativity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%AP News: 1.7%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%AP News: 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%AP News: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%AP News: 1.1%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%AP News: 0.6%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 76.3%AP News: 1.4%Halo Effect76.3%This article: 0.0%AP News: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%AP News: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%AP News: 1.3%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%AP News: 0.3%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%AP News: 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%AP News: 0.8%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%AP News: 0.1%Straw Man0.0%This article: 76.3%AP News: 3.7%Appeal to Authority76.3%This article: 0.0%AP News: 1.2%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%AP News: 0.8%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%AP News: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 18.6%AP News: 2.5%Hasty Generalization18.6%This article: 0.0%AP News: 0.2%Red Herring0.0%This article: 18.6%AP News: 0.3%Bandwagon18.6%This article: 0.0%AP News: 4.7%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%AP News: 0.6%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%AP News: 2.6%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%AP News: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 54.2%AP News: 0.4%Burden of Proof54.2%This article: 0.0%AP News: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%AP News: 0.2%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%AP News: 1.2%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%AP News: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 54.2%AP News: 1.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation)54.2%This article: 0.0%AP News: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%AP News: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%AP News: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%AP News: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%AP News: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%AP News: 2.0%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 0.0%AP News: 1.2%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 94.9%AP News: 3.1%Biased Writer Voice94.9%This article: 54.2%AP News: 0.6%Indoctrination54.2%This article: 0.0%AP News: 0.8%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%AP News: 0.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 54.2%AP News: 0.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…54.2%

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