KQED61%
The Backlash to Newsom’s Return-to-Office Mandate and HHS Withholds Medicaid Payments to California 56%
By Marisa Lagos87% Guy Marzorati71%
7/24/2026, 11:26:50 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 11 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Confirmation Bias, and Fundamental Attribution Error, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 40.8% saturation with 58 hits. Analysis detected 282 faulty-reasoning hits from 142 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 53.3% and a BS Rank of 56% (9,752 of 21,886 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 55.40% of the article peer group.
Gov.
Gavin Newsom’s executive order requiring state workers to return to office four days a week took effect this month.
The governor says it’s about battling a “crisis of loneliness” and wanting people to “develop relationships, friendships, fall in love.”
But the mandate has been met with protests and lawsuits, putting him at odds with California’s powerful public employee labor unions.
Marisa and Guy talk with CapRadio politics reporter Laura Fitzgerald about why Newsom is picking this fight and how it could affect his political ambitions.
Plus: the Trump administration withholds $867.5 million in Medicaid payments to California, claiming fraud in in-home care and immigrant eligibility.
Who does the funding freeze impact and how are state officials responding?
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Confirmation Bias
17.6%Confirmation Bias
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17.6%AuthorMarisa Lagos
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
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Availability Heuristic
0%Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
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Framing Effect
40.8%Framing Effect
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40.8%AuthorMarisa Lagos
14.7%PublicationCalMatters
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
0.4%PublicationCalMatters
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
1.5%PublicationCalMatters
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
3.5%PublicationCalMatters
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
0.7%PublicationCalMatters
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Negativity Bias
38%Negativity Bias
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38%AuthorMarisa Lagos
11.6%PublicationCalMatters
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
2.8%PublicationCalMatters
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Fundamental Attribution Error
14.8%Fundamental Attribution Error
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14.8%AuthorMarisa Lagos
2.1%PublicationCalMatters
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
0.5%PublicationCalMatters
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
2.9%PublicationCalMatters
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
1.1%PublicationCalMatters
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
2.7%PublicationCalMatters
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
0.3%PublicationCalMatters
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
2.5%PublicationCalMatters
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
1%PublicationCalMatters
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
0.1%PublicationCalMatters
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
1.9%PublicationCalMatters
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
0.2%PublicationCalMatters
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Appeal to Authority
0%Appeal to Authority
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
4.5%PublicationCalMatters
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False Dilemma
8.5%False Dilemma
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8.5%AuthorMarisa Lagos
2.5%PublicationCalMatters
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
1.1%PublicationCalMatters
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
0.1%PublicationCalMatters
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
4.6%PublicationCalMatters
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
1.1%PublicationCalMatters
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
1.5%PublicationCalMatters
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Appeal to Emotion
14.1%Appeal to Emotion
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14.1%AuthorMarisa Lagos
6.5%PublicationCalMatters
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Begging the Question
14.1%Begging the Question
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14.1%AuthorMarisa Lagos
1.6%PublicationCalMatters
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
3.6%PublicationCalMatters
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
0.2%PublicationCalMatters
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
1.1%PublicationCalMatters
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
0.1%PublicationCalMatters
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
0.3%PublicationCalMatters
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
1.2%PublicationCalMatters
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
14.8%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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14.8%AuthorMarisa Lagos
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
0.2%PublicationCalMatters
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
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Unattributed Quote
14.1%Unattributed Quote
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14.1%AuthorMarisa Lagos
0.9%PublicationCalMatters
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Quote-first Misdirection
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
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Biased Writer Voice
14.1%Biased Writer Voice
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14.1%AuthorMarisa Lagos
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Indoctrination
0%Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
6.1%PublicationCalMatters
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorMarisa Lagos
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
7.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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7.7%AuthorMarisa Lagos
3.5%PublicationCalMatters
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142 words analyzed.
Analysis
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