The Daily Reach and Recap have a whole new look: Sign up for our redesigned newsletters 76%

By Morgan Severson92%

7/21/2026, 1:00:00 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 20 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Optimism Bias, and Framing Effect, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 52.3% saturation with 202 hits. Analysis detected 920 faulty-reasoning hits from 386 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 67.4% and a BS Rank of 76% (5,411 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 75.30% of the article peer group.

This week, the San Antonio Report launched new layouts for two of its most-read newsletters. 
The new look for <em>The Recap</em> and <em>Daily Reach</em> aims to make these popular newsletters even more digestible, giving readers a better experience as they engage with the San Antonio Report&#8217;s local coverage. 
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Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 5.7%Morgan Severson: 1.9%San Antonio Report: 1.5%Confirmation Bias5.7%This article: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 0.0%San Antonio Report: 0.3%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 13.0%Morgan Severson: 4.3%San Antonio Report: 1.9%Availability Heuristic13.0%This article: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 0.0%San Antonio Report: 0.7%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 0.0%San Antonio Report: 0.2%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 9.8%Morgan Severson: 9.8%San Antonio Report: 0.8%Overconfidence Bias9.8%This article: 24.1%Morgan Severson: 8.0%San Antonio Report: 3.6%Framing Effect24.1%This article: 0.8%Morgan Severson: 0.3%San Antonio Report: 0.9%Loss Aversion0.8%This article: 13.0%Morgan Severson: 4.3%San Antonio Report: 1.1%Status Quo Bias13.0%This article: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 0.0%San Antonio Report: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 24.9%Morgan Severson: 15.5%San Antonio Report: 3.9%Optimism Bias24.9%This article: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 0.0%San Antonio Report: 1.2%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 0.0%San Antonio Report: 2.1%Negativity Bias0.0%This article: 8.3%Morgan Severson: 2.8%San Antonio Report: 1.3%Self-Serving Bias8.3%This article: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 0.0%San Antonio Report: 0.2%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 0.0%San Antonio Report: 0.0%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 1.1%San Antonio Report: 0.8%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 0.0%San Antonio Report: 0.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 27.2%Morgan Severson: 10.7%San Antonio Report: 1.9%Halo Effect27.2%This article: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 0.0%San Antonio Report: 0.0%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 0.0%San Antonio Report: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 0.0%San Antonio Report: 0.5%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.5%Morgan Severson: 0.2%San Antonio Report: 0.0%Primacy Effect0.5%This article: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 0.0%San Antonio Report: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 0.0%San Antonio Report: 0.0%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 0.0%San Antonio Report: 0.1%Straw Man0.0%This article: 1.6%Morgan Severson: 0.5%San Antonio Report: 2.4%Appeal to Authority1.6%This article: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 0.0%San Antonio Report: 1.2%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 0.0%San Antonio Report: 0.9%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 0.0%San Antonio Report: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 13.0%Morgan Severson: 7.6%San Antonio Report: 2.6%Hasty Generalization13.0%This article: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 0.0%San Antonio Report: 0.0%Red Herring0.0%This article: 4.1%Morgan Severson: 1.4%San Antonio Report: 0.2%Bandwagon4.1%This article: 0.8%Morgan Severson: 0.3%San Antonio Report: 2.9%Appeal to Emotion0.8%This article: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 0.0%San Antonio Report: 0.2%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 3.4%Morgan Severson: 1.1%San Antonio Report: 1.0%Post Hoc (False Cause)3.4%This article: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 0.0%San Antonio Report: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 9.8%Morgan Severson: 3.3%San Antonio Report: 0.3%Burden of Proof9.8%This article: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 0.0%San Antonio Report: 0.0%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 0.0%San Antonio Report: 0.1%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 0.0%San Antonio Report: 2.5%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 0.0%San Antonio Report: 0.0%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 0.0%San Antonio Report: 0.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 0.0%San Antonio Report: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 0.0%San Antonio Report: 0.2%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 0.0%San Antonio Report: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 0.0%San Antonio Report: 0.0%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 0.0%San Antonio Report: 0.0%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 8.0%Morgan Severson: 2.7%San Antonio Report: 0.6%Unattributed Quote8.0%This article: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 0.0%San Antonio Report: 0.1%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 15.8%Morgan Severson: 17.4%San Antonio Report: 1.8%Biased Writer Voice15.8%This article: 2.3%Morgan Severson: 3.5%San Antonio Report: 2.4%Indoctrination2.3%This article: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 0.0%San Antonio Report: 0.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 0.0%San Antonio Report: 0.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 52.3%Morgan Severson: 42.1%San Antonio Report: 1.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…52.3%

386 words analyzed.

Speakers

1speaker16%attributed speech323writer words
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Writer's voice • 16 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 33 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 19 words • 0.0% coverageMorgan Severson • 31 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 16 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 18 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 3 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 2 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 1 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 19 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 20 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 100.0% coverageMorgan Severson • 32 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 50 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 38 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 100.0% coverage
Selected voice

Morgan Severson

100%flagged-word coverage
63 attributed words100% of attributed speech80% writer coverage
0%27.5%55.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -1.8 ptsWriter: 52.6%Morgan Severson: 50.8%50.8%Unattributed Quote+49.2 ptsWriter: 0.0%Morgan Severson: 49.2%49.2%Biased Writer Voice-18.9 ptsWriter: 18.9%Morgan Severson: 0.0%0.0%Indoctrination-2.8 ptsWriter: 2.8%Morgan Severson: 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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