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Dan Levy is back with another dysfunctional family show 80%
By CBC Arts0%
4/8/2026, 6:50:00 PM
Topics: Entertainment, Tv Shows
BS Summary: This article contains 11 faulty reasoning types, including Anchoring Bias, Recency Bias, and False Dilemma, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 38.4% saturation with 33 hits. Analysis detected 263 faulty-reasoning hits from 86 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 72.1% and a BS Rank of 80% (3,490 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 79.20% of the article peer group.
Six years after the massively successful Schitt’s Creek ended its award-winning run, Dan Levy is back with another dysfunctional family comedy series, Big Mistakes.
The new Netflix TV show is about two siblings who are blackmailed into joining organized crime.
Today on Commotion, guest host Amil Niazi speaks with Toronto Star arts critic Joshua Chong to discuss Big Mistakes and why fans shouldn't expect a replica of Schitt's Creek.
Interview with Joshua Chong produced by Stuart Berman.
Confirmation Bias
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Anchoring Bias
33.7%Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
10.5%Framing Effect
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Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
27.9%Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
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Pessimism Bias
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Negativity Bias
10.5%Negativity Bias
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Self-Serving Bias
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Fundamental Attribution Error
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Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
27.9%Halo Effect
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Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
33.7%Recency Bias
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33.7%AuthorCBC Arts
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Primacy Effect
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Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
27.9%Appeal to Authority
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False Dilemma
33.7%False Dilemma
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Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
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Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
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Begging the Question
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
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Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
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Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
38.4%Biased Writer Voice
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Indoctrination
33.7%Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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86 words analyzed.
Analysis
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