BS Summary: This article contains 3 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service and Framing Effect, with Representativeness Heuristic as the most egregious example at 15.2% saturation with 39 hits. Analysis detected 57 faulty-reasoning hits from 256 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 9.1% and a BS Rank of 3% (29,569 of 30,441 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 97.10% of the article peer group.

ANAHEIM, CALIF.  With the trade deadline looming, the Milwaukee Brewers begin the second half of their West Coast road swing with the first of three games against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium. 
Left-hander Shane Drohan (5-4, 3.51) starts for the Brewers with a few extra days' rest while right-hander Ryan Johnson (2-5, 7.34) counters for the Angels. 
There were a couple transactions prior to the game, with left-hander DL Hall being reinstated from the injured list and left-hander Thomas Pannone being designated for assignment in the corresponding move two days after making a spot start for Milwaukee in San Francisco. 
What is the Brewers' record? 
67-41, first place in NL Central. 
Watch it here: Stream your favorite shows, the biggest blockbusters and more. 
Brewers lineup 
Brice Turang 2B 
Jackson Chourio LF 
Christian Yelich DH 
William Contreras C 
Jake Bauers 1B 
Garrett Mitchell CF 
Luis Lara RF 
David Hamilton 3B 
Cooper Pratt SS 
Angels lineup 
Zach Neto SS 
Mike Trout CF 
Nolan Schanuel 1B 
Jorge Soler DH 
Vaughn Grissom 2B 
Jo Adell RF 
Denzer Guzman 3B 
Travis d'Arnaud C 
Jose Siri LF 
Brewers probable pitchers and schedule 
Brewers at Angels, Aug. 1, 8:38 p.m.: Brewers LHP Robert Gasser (3-4, 4.71) vs. 
Los Angeles RHP José Soriano (9-6, 3.29). 
TV  Brewers.TV. 
Radio  AM-620 WTMJ. 
Brewers at Angels, Aug, 2, 2:15 p.m.: Brewers RHP Jacob Misiorowski (11-4, 1.58) vs. 
Los Angeles RHP Walbert Ureña (6-7, 2.70). 
TV  Peacock. 
Radio  AM-620 WTMJ. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 1.2%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.4%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 1.8%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 15.2%Todd Rosiak: 3.8%Journal Sentinel: 0.5%Representativeness Heuristic15.2%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.2%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 1.1%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 2.3%Todd Rosiak: 0.6%Journal Sentinel: 2.8%Framing Effect2.3%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.4%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.2%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.6%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.4%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 3.5%Negativity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.3%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.4%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.0%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.7%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 1.3%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.8%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.2%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.3%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.1%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.8%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 1.1%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.1%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 2.0%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.0%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.2%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 3.8%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.5%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 1.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.3%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.0%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.1%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 1.5%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.0%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.0%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.3%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.4%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.5%Biased Writer Voice0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.7%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.8%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Todd Rosiak: 0.0%Journal Sentinel: 0.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 4.7%Todd Rosiak: 4.7%Journal Sentinel: 0.5%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…4.7%

256 words analyzed.

Speakers

18speakers21%attributed speech202writer words
Selected voice

Brice Turang

0%flagged-word coverage
3 attributed words5.6% of attributed speech28% writer coverage
0%5.0%10.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -5.9 ptsWriter: 5.9%Brice Turang: 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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