BS Summary: This article contains 12 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 53.7% saturation with 80 hits. Analysis detected 312 faulty-reasoning hits from 149 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 32.4% and a BS Rank of 17% (18,284 of 21,886 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 83.50% of the article peer group.

A 5-year-old who went missing Sunday in Fort Bend County was found dead in a lake near his home Monday morning. 
Edward Hall's body was located by Texas EquuSearch Search & Recovery around 1:43 a.m., according to a Facebook post by the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office. 
He was last seen in the 3800 block of Ryans Rock Court in Katy Sunday afternoon. 
Texas EquuSearch Search & Recovery was called to help search for the child. 
"The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office extends its sincere gratitude to Texas EquuSearch Search & Recovery for its invaluable assistance and partnership throughout the search efforts," according to the post. 
"Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with Edward's family and loved ones during this incredibly difficult time." 
The sheriff's office continues to investigate the death, but no criminal activity is suspected. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 9.4%Sondra Hernandez: 0.8%Houston Chronicle: 3.1%Confirmation Bias9.4%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.2%Houston Chronicle: 0.5%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 14.1%Sondra Hernandez: 1.4%Houston Chronicle: 2.5%Availability Heuristic14.1%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.1%Houston Chronicle: 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.1%Houston Chronicle: 0.4%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.2%Houston Chronicle: 1.1%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 8.1%Sondra Hernandez: 2.3%Houston Chronicle: 4.4%Framing Effect8.1%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.2%Houston Chronicle: 0.3%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.2%Houston Chronicle: 0.4%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.0%Houston Chronicle: 0.1%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 1.4%Houston Chronicle: 1.7%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.5%Houston Chronicle: 1.1%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 53.7%Sondra Hernandez: 2.0%Houston Chronicle: 5.2%Negativity Bias53.7%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.4%Houston Chronicle: 0.9%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.2%Houston Chronicle: 0.4%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.0%Houston Chronicle: 0.1%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.8%Houston Chronicle: 1.1%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.2%Houston Chronicle: 0.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 8.7%Sondra Hernandez: 0.9%Houston Chronicle: 2.1%Halo Effect8.7%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.0%Houston Chronicle: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.0%Houston Chronicle: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.5%Houston Chronicle: 1.0%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.1%Houston Chronicle: 0.3%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.0%Houston Chronicle: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.3%Houston Chronicle: 0.4%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.0%Houston Chronicle: 0.1%Straw Man0.0%This article: 17.4%Sondra Hernandez: 1.6%Houston Chronicle: 3.1%Appeal to Authority17.4%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.0%Houston Chronicle: 0.7%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.0%Houston Chronicle: 0.4%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.0%Houston Chronicle: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 2.3%Houston Chronicle: 3.4%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.1%Houston Chronicle: 0.2%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.7%Houston Chronicle: 0.6%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 31.5%Sondra Hernandez: 7.4%Houston Chronicle: 4.7%Appeal to Emotion31.5%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.2%Houston Chronicle: 0.6%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.4%Houston Chronicle: 1.6%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.0%Houston Chronicle: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.1%Houston Chronicle: 0.5%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.0%Houston Chronicle: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.0%Houston Chronicle: 0.1%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.4%Houston Chronicle: 2.0%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.0%Houston Chronicle: 0.0%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 9.4%Sondra Hernandez: 0.5%Houston Chronicle: 0.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation)9.4%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.0%Houston Chronicle: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.0%Houston Chronicle: 0.0%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.0%Houston Chronicle: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.0%Houston Chronicle: 0.0%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.0%Houston Chronicle: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 17.4%Sondra Hernandez: 1.4%Houston Chronicle: 1.0%Unattributed Quote17.4%This article: 8.1%Sondra Hernandez: 1.0%Houston Chronicle: 0.8%Quote-first Misdirection8.1%This article: 20.1%Sondra Hernandez: 0.7%Houston Chronicle: 2.4%Biased Writer Voice20.1%This article: 11.4%Sondra Hernandez: 1.3%Houston Chronicle: 1.3%Indoctrination11.4%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.6%Houston Chronicle: 1.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 0.0%Houston Chronicle: 0.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sondra Hernandez: 1.9%Houston Chronicle: 1.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

149 words analyzed.

Speakers

2speakers67%attributed speech49writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 12 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 21 words • 0.0% coverageTexas EquuSearch Search & Recovery • 26 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 16 words • 0.0% coverageTexas EquuSearch Search & Recovery • 13 words • 0.0% coverageFort Bend County Sheriff's Office • 30 words • 100.0% coverageFort Bend County Sheriff's Office • 17 words • 100.0% coverageFort Bend County Sheriff's Office • 14 words • 0.0% coverage
100%flagged-word coverage
61 attributed words61% of attributed speech67% writer coverage
0%25.0%50.0%Biased Writer Voice+49.2 ptsWriter: 0.0%Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office: 49.2%49.2%Indoctrination+27.9 ptsWriter: 0.0%Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office: 27.9%27.9%Quote-first Misdirection-24.5 ptsWriter: 24.5%Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office: 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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