More Ways to Donate ⁠24%

By Jon Queally⁠0%

12/5/2022, 5:31:34 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 17 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Optimism Bias, and Halo Effect, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 70.5% saturation with 380 hits. Analysis detected 831 faulty-reasoning hits from 539 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 36.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠24% (16,629 of 21,886 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 76.00% of the article peer group.

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Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 4.9%Common Dreams: 7.9%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 0.0%Common Dreams: 0.9%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 3.4%Common Dreams: 5.0%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 0.0%Common Dreams: 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 0.4%Common Dreams: 0.7%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 2.6%Jon Queally: 1.4%Common Dreams: 1.6%Overconfidence Bias2.6%This article: 15.0%Jon Queally: 19.8%Common Dreams: 17.4%Framing Effect15.0%This article: 3.2%Jon Queally: 1.1%Common Dreams: 1.0%Loss Aversion3.2%This article: 0.7%Jon Queally: 0.3%Common Dreams: 0.6%Status Quo Bias0.7%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 0.0%Common Dreams: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 13.9%Jon Queally: 1.9%Common Dreams: 1.6%Optimism Bias13.9%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 1.0%Common Dreams: 2.8%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 19.2%Common Dreams: 20.6%Negativity Bias0.0%This article: 2.8%Jon Queally: 1.3%Common Dreams: 0.9%Self-Serving Bias2.8%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 3.0%Common Dreams: 2.3%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 0.2%Common Dreams: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 6.9%Jon Queally: 2.5%Common Dreams: 3.8%In-Group Bias6.9%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 0.7%Common Dreams: 1.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 9.6%Jon Queally: 3.3%Common Dreams: 1.5%Halo Effect9.6%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 0.0%Common Dreams: 0.5%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 0.0%Common Dreams: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 0.2%Common Dreams: 1.5%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 0.9%Common Dreams: 0.5%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 0.0%Common Dreams: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 8.3%Common Dreams: 6.2%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 2.1%Common Dreams: 1.2%Straw Man0.0%This article: 2.4%Jon Queally: 5.0%Common Dreams: 5.6%Appeal to Authority2.4%This article: 3.5%Jon Queally: 3.5%Common Dreams: 3.2%False Dilemma3.5%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 1.1%Common Dreams: 3.2%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 0.4%Common Dreams: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 3.4%Common Dreams: 8.9%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 0.2%Common Dreams: 0.3%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 4.4%Common Dreams: 2.2%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 1.7%Jon Queally: 13.9%Common Dreams: 18.9%Appeal to Emotion1.7%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 3.7%Common Dreams: 3.7%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 6.9%Jon Queally: 3.2%Common Dreams: 4.3%Post Hoc (False Cause)6.9%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 1.5%Common Dreams: 0.2%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 2.0%Jon Queally: 2.0%Common Dreams: 1.2%Burden of Proof2.0%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 0.0%Common Dreams: 0.3%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 0.0%Common Dreams: 0.4%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 1.4%Common Dreams: 2.3%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 0.2%Common Dreams: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 2.2%Common Dreams: 1.8%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 0.0%Common Dreams: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 0.0%Common Dreams: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 0.0%Common Dreams: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 4.6%Jon Queally: 0.8%Common Dreams: 0.3%Special Pleading4.6%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 0.8%Common Dreams: 0.3%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 2.2%Common Dreams: 1.9%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 1.3%Common Dreams: 2.6%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 3.3%Jon Queally: 14.0%Common Dreams: 17.2%Biased Writer Voice3.3%This article: 4.5%Jon Queally: 4.3%Common Dreams: 8.6%Indoctrination4.5%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 12.6%Common Dreams: 17.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jon Queally: 0.0%Common Dreams: 0.5%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 70.5%Jon Queally: 6.3%Common Dreams: 1.5%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…70.5%

539 words analyzed.

Speakers

2speakers2.2%attributed speech527writer words
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Writer's voice • 4 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 18 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 19 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 2 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 16 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 20 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 3 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 100.0% coverageCommon Dreams • 2 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 3 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 3 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 3 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 12 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 20 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 22 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 4 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 20 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 0.0% coverageCommon Dreams • 3 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 2 words • 0.0% coverageCharles Schwab • 7 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 7 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 25 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 4 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 19 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 25 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 22 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 0.0% coverage
Selected voice

Charles Schwab

0%flagged-word coverage
7 attributed words58% of attributed speech78% writer coverage
0%37.5%75.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -72.1 ptsWriter: 72.1%Charles Schwab: 0.0%0.0%Indoctrination-4.6 ptsWriter: 4.6%Charles Schwab: 0.0%0.0%Biased Writer Voice-3.4 ptsWriter: 3.4%Charles Schwab: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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