We got you something special: The 10th annual Colorado Matters Holiday Extravaganza!95%
By Ryan Warner0% Chandra Thomas Whitfield0%
12/19/2025, 11:00:00 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 12 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Appeal to Authority, and Framing Effect, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 51.6% saturation with 47 hits. Analysis detected 366 faulty-reasoning hits from 91 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 91.3% and a BS Rank of 95% (988 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 94.10% of the article peer group.
A CPR tradition turns 10 this year.
The Colorado Matters Holiday Extravaganza began a decade ago — inspired by 1963's Judy Garland Christmas special.
After a year of relentless news, hundreds of Coloradans forgot their troubles and got happy at the sparkling new Mapleton Arts Center in north Denver.
Performers included eTown co-host and Bluegrass Hall of Famer Nick Forster of Hot Rize, Denver Nuggets announcer Kyle Speller, the women of Mariachi Las Dahlias, and others.
Enjoy photos of the event below and cozy up with sounds of the season above.
Actor-Observer Bias
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0.4%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Anchoring Bias
18.7%Anchoring Bias
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18.7%AuthorRyan Warner
1.8%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Availability Heuristic
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Blind-Spot Bias
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Confirmation Bias
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1.6%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Framing Effect
44%Framing Effect
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44%AuthorRyan Warner
4.8%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%AuthorRyan Warner
0%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Halo Effect
48.4%Halo Effect
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48.4%AuthorRyan Warner
4.3%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Hindsight Bias
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Horn Effect
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In-Group Bias
29.7%In-Group Bias
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29.7%AuthorRyan Warner
4.3%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Loss Aversion
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Negativity Bias
27.5%Negativity Bias
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27.5%AuthorRyan Warner
4.1%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Optimism Bias
51.6%Optimism Bias
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51.6%AuthorRyan Warner
4.8%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0.2%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Overconfidence Bias
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Pessimism Bias
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1.8%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Primacy Effect
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Recency Bias
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0.7%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Representativeness Heuristic
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Self-Serving Bias
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0.3%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Status Quo Bias
7.7%Status Quo Bias
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7.7%AuthorRyan Warner
1.4%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Sunk Cost Effect
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0.3%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Ad Hominem
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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Anecdotal
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27.5%AuthorRyan Warner
2.3%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Appeal to Authority
48.4%Appeal to Authority
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48.4%AuthorRyan Warner
4.1%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Appeal to Emotion
44%Appeal to Emotion
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44%AuthorRyan Warner
4.3%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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Bandwagon
27.5%Bandwagon
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2.3%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Begging the Question
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Burden of Proof
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Circular Reasoning
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Composition/Division
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False Dilemma
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Gambler’s Fallacy
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Genetic Fallacy
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Hasty Generalization
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3.4%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Middle Ground
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No True Scotsman
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Personal Incredulity
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
27.5%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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27.5%AuthorRyan Warner
1.2%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Red Herring
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Slippery Slope
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Special Pleading
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Straw Man
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Tu Quoque
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91 words analyzed.
Analysis
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