BS Summary: This article contains 9 faulty reasoning types, including Loss Aversion, Indoctrination, and Availability Heuristic, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 14.8% saturation with 27 hits. Analysis detected 161 faulty-reasoning hits from 183 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 16.1% and a BS Rank of 6% (24,870 of 26,304 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 94.50% of the article peer group.

New York State Police are currently responding to a minivan crash involving nine victims on the southbound Palisades Interstate Parkway in Ramapo. 
The van appears to have crashed into a tree on the median after veering off the roadway near Exit 11. 
The accident was reported around 1:10 p.m., Aug. 3, according to New York State Police. 
Nine people were in the vehicle at the time of the crash and all sustained injuries of "varying severity," according to a news release from state police. 
Eight victims were transported to Westchester Medical Center and one was taken to Montefiore Nyack Hospital. 
Seven of the victims were children, according to a social media statement posted by Rockland Paramedic Services. 
Spring Hill Ambulance, Hatzolah and New Square EMS responded with multiple ambulances, the statement reads. 
Police are advising motorists to avoid the area near the crash, which has sparked lane closures and traffic delays along the major roadway. 
The cause of the accident is currently under investigation. 
This is a developing story. 
Check back for updates. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 1.0%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 10.9%Leia Green: 2.7%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.7%Anchoring Bias10.9%This article: 12.0%Leia Green: 3.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 1.4%Availability Heuristic12.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.3%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.1%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.4%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 14.8%Leia Green: 3.7%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 2.7%Framing Effect14.8%This article: 12.6%Leia Green: 3.1%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.9%Loss Aversion12.6%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.3%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.0%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 1.8%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.1%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 9.3%Leia Green: 2.3%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 2.1%Negativity Bias9.3%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.0%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.1%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.0%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.0%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.7%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 2.7%Leia Green: 0.7%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.3%Recency Bias2.7%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.1%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.1%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.0%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.7%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.0%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.0%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.2%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.0%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.0%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 1.7%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.3%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 1.0%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.1%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.0%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.2%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.5%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.0%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 10.9%Leia Green: 2.7%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation)10.9%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.2%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.0%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.0%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.3%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.1%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.8%Biased Writer Voice0.0%This article: 12.6%Leia Green: 3.1%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.7%Indoctrination12.6%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Leia Green: 0.0%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 0.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 2.2%Leia Green: 0.5%Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 1.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…2.2%

183 words analyzed.

Speakers

2speakers40%attributed speech109writer words
Selected voice

New York State Police

64%flagged-word coverage
42 attributed words57% of attributed speech68% writer coverage
0%12.5%25.0%Indoctrination-21.1 ptsWriter: 21.1%New York State Police: 0.0%0.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -3.7 ptsWriter: 3.7%New York State Police: 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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