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April 21 - KUER Mug Stop: Culture Coffee 81%
By KUER 90.10%
2/22/2026, 3:19:00 PM
Topics: Public Radio, Fundraising
BS Summary: This article contains 9 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Optimism Bias, and Primacy Effect, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 61.9% saturation with 91 hits. Analysis detected 255 faulty-reasoning hits from 147 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 73.8% and a BS Rank of 81% (3,213 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 80.90% of the article peer group.
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Spring Fund Drive Mug Stop: Culture Coffee
Tuesday, April 21, 2026 | 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.
285 N 900 W, Salt Lake City
Confirmation Bias
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Anchoring Bias
7.5%Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
0%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
34.7%Framing Effect
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34.7%AuthorKUER 90.1
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Loss Aversion
12.2%Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
17.7%Optimism Bias
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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Negativity Bias
0%Negativity Bias
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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Fundamental Attribution Error
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
7.5%In-Group Bias
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7.5%AuthorKUER 90.1
1.2%PublicationKUER
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
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Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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Primacy Effect
17%Primacy Effect
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
0%Appeal to Authority
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False Dilemma
7.5%False Dilemma
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7.5%AuthorKUER 90.1
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
0%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
0%Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
0%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
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Indoctrination
7.5%Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
61.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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147 words analyzed.
Analysis
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