St. Louis takes first step to say ‘thank you’ to employees with $1,000 bonus ⁠29%

By Rachel Lippmann⁠0%

5/4/2026, 9:27:49 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 5 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Optimism Bias, and In-Group Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 16.1% saturation with 29 hits. Analysis detected 118 faulty-reasoning hits from 180 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 39.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠29% (11,930 of 16,813 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 71.00% of the article peer group.

The City of St. 
Louis has taken a first step toward approving one-time, $1,000 payouts for most of its employees. 
The Budget and Public Employees Committee of the Board of Aldermen voted unanimously on Monday to send the bill authorizing the bonuses to the full board. 
It will need two votes there to reach the desk of Mayor Cara Spencer. 
“One thousand dollars is probably not enough to appreciate city employees, but it’s a start,” said 14th Ward Alderman Rasheen Aldridge, the bill’s sponsor. 
“We’re just trying to show to our employees that we’re thankful for all the great work they do.” 
The bonus will be on the June 5 paycheck. 
The city is covering the cost with money set aside in the current budget for raises that were never implemented. 
The bill also authorizes the 7% raise for firefighters triggered by the pay increase approved for police officers. 
Those departments, as well as appointed department directors and elected officials, will not receive the one-time payment. 
Confirmation Bias
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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
16.1%
Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
13.3%
Pessimism Bias
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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
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Halo Effect
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Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
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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
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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
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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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180 words analyzed.

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