Arkansas Democrat-Gazette ⁠71%

8/10/2026, 9:35:06 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 10 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Halo Effect, and Appeal to Authority, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 59.8% saturation with 73 hits. Analysis detected 356 faulty-reasoning hits from 122 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 54.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠71% (9,298 of 31,901 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 70.90% of the article peer group.

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette is a daily newspaper published in Little Rock, Arkansas. 
It is the largest newspaper in the state and is known for its comprehensive coverage of state and local news, as well as national and international events. 
The newspaper was founded in 1866 and has been owned by the Walter E. 
Hussman Sr. family since 1979. 
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette is committed to providing its readers with accurate, timely, and in-depth news coverage. 
The newspaper is also a strong advocate for freedom of the press and is dedicated to upholding the highest ethical standards in journalism. 
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette is a valuable resource for anyone seeking to stay informed about the latest news and events in Arkansas and beyond. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 18.9%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 0.5%Confirmation Bias18.9%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 1.1%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 1.6%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 22.1%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic22.1%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 0.0%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 1.5%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 6.3%Framing Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 0.4%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 0.6%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 0.0%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 13.1%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 2.5%Optimism Bias13.1%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 2.0%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 7.7%Negativity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 2.9%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 0.9%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 0.1%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 18.9%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 3.2%In-Group Bias18.9%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 0.6%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 41.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 2.4%Halo Effect41.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 0.0%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 1.2%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 0.0%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 0.9%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 0.5%Straw Man0.0%This article: 32.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 2.1%Appeal to Authority32.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 2.2%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 1.1%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 3.0%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 0.0%Red Herring0.0%This article: 18.9%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 0.4%Bandwagon18.9%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 6.0%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 0.7%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 1.0%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 0.2%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 0.1%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 0.0%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 0.1%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 0.5%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 0.0%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 0.0%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 0.6%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 0.0%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 0.5%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 1.0%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 54.1%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 3.0%Biased Writer Voice54.1%This article: 13.1%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 1.0%Indoctrination13.1%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 0.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 0.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 59.8%Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 0.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…59.8%

122 words analyzed.

Speakers

1speaker4.1%attributed speech117writer words
0%flagged-word coverage
5 attributed words100% of attributed speech76% writer coverage
0%32.5%65.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -62.4 ptsWriter: 62.4%Walter E. Hussman Sr. family: 0.0%0.0%Biased Writer Voice-56.4 ptsWriter: 56.4%Walter E. Hussman Sr. family: 0.0%0.0%Indoctrination-13.7 ptsWriter: 13.7%Walter E. Hussman Sr. family: 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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