CBC Radio One49%
The Current 70%
By Matt Galloway0%
6/12/2026, 6:17:21 AM
Topics: Journalism, Public Affairs
BS Summary: This article contains 10 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Framing Effect, and Halo Effect, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 77.8% saturation with 77 hits. Analysis detected 316 faulty-reasoning hits from 99 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 63.1% and a BS Rank of 70% (6,563 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 70.00% of the article peer group.
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Confirmation Bias
0%Confirmation Bias
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
2.9%PublicationCBC
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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0.2%PublicationCBC
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Availability Heuristic
11.1%Availability Heuristic
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11.1%AuthorMatt Galloway
8%PublicationCBC
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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1.3%PublicationCBC
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
1.4%PublicationCBC
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Framing Effect
48.5%Framing Effect
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48.5%AuthorMatt Galloway
14.8%PublicationCBC
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
1%PublicationCBC
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
0.5%PublicationCBC
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Sunk Cost Effect
18.2%Sunk Cost Effect
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18.2%AuthorMatt Galloway
0.4%PublicationCBC
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
5.7%PublicationCBC
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
1.5%PublicationCBC
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Negativity Bias
0%Negativity Bias
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
13%PublicationCBC
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
0.3%PublicationCBC
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
0.2%PublicationCBC
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
1.1%PublicationCBC
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
0%PublicationCBC
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Halo Effect
36.4%Halo Effect
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36.4%AuthorMatt Galloway
8.4%PublicationCBC
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
0.6%PublicationCBC
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
0.7%PublicationCBC
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
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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
11.1%Appeal to Authority
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11.1%AuthorMatt Galloway
11.5%PublicationCBC
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False Dilemma
19.2%False Dilemma
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19.2%AuthorMatt Galloway
1.4%PublicationCBC
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
0%PublicationCBC
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
0.6%PublicationCBC
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
7.4%PublicationCBC
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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0.7%PublicationCBC
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
2.7%PublicationCBC
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Appeal to Emotion
11.1%Appeal to Emotion
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11.1%AuthorMatt Galloway
5.9%PublicationCBC
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
0.6%PublicationCBC
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
0.5%PublicationCBC
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
0.4%PublicationCBC
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
0.5%PublicationCBC
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
5.8%PublicationCBC
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
0.8%PublicationCBC
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
0%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
0%Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
0%Unattributed Quote
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
1.2%PublicationCBC
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Quote-first Misdirection
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
1%PublicationCBC
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Biased Writer Voice
55.6%Biased Writer Voice
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55.6%AuthorMatt Galloway
15.9%PublicationCBC
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Indoctrination
30.3%Indoctrination
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30.3%AuthorMatt Galloway
6%PublicationCBC
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorMatt Galloway
1.5%PublicationCBC
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
77.8%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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77.8%AuthorMatt Galloway
4.8%PublicationCBC
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99 words analyzed.
Analysis
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