BS Summary: This article contains 8 faulty reasoning types, including Status Quo Bias, Negativity Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 34.4% saturation with 31 hits. Analysis detected 170 faulty-reasoning hits from 90 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 23.6% and a BS Rank of 15% (25,584 of 29,795 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 85.90% of the article peer group.

Families of Jessica Watsula and Joe Blevins reflect on loss, remembrance and Ellicott City's flood prevention 10 years later. 
A decade after the devastating Ellicott City flood, the families of Jessica Watsula and Joe Blevins share how they continue to honor their loved ones while reflecting on the town's recovery. 
On the anniversary of his sister’s death, Curtis Brubaker Jr. visits the tree along the Patapsco River where Jessica Watsula’s body was found and leaves roses. 
(Courtesy of Curtis Brubaker Jr.) 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 34.4%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 8.6%Baltimore Sun: 1.4%Confirmation Bias34.4%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 0.5%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 2.3%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 0.9%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 0.3%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 1.2%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 21.1%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 5.3%Baltimore Sun: 4.2%Framing Effect21.1%This article: 10.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 2.5%Baltimore Sun: 0.4%Loss Aversion10.0%This article: 34.4%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 8.6%Baltimore Sun: 0.4%Status Quo Bias34.4%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 0.1%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 2.1%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 1.1%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 28.9%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 7.2%Baltimore Sun: 4.4%Negativity Bias28.9%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 1.2%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 0.5%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 0.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 2.2%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 1.0%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 0.2%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 0.7%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 0.1%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 1.4%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 1.1%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 0.2%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 0.0%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 2.4%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 0.1%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 0.3%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 28.9%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 7.2%Baltimore Sun: 2.3%Appeal to Emotion28.9%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 0.2%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 1.4%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 0.3%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 0.1%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 1.8%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 0.8%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 0.0%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 0.9%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 0.5%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 10.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 2.5%Baltimore Sun: 3.3%Biased Writer Voice10.0%This article: 21.1%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 5.3%Baltimore Sun: 2.5%Indoctrination21.1%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 0.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 0.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sofia Montoya-Deck: 0.0%Baltimore Sun: 3.6%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

90 words analyzed.

Speakers

1speaker29%attributed speech64writer words
Selected voice

Curtis Brubaker Jr.

100%flagged-word coverage
26 attributed words100% of attributed speech92% writer coverage
0%15.0%30.0%Indoctrination-29.7 ptsWriter: 29.7%Curtis Brubaker Jr.: 0.0%0.0%Biased Writer Voice-14.1 ptsWriter: 14.1%Curtis Brubaker Jr.: 0.0%0.0%

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

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