The Dispatch49%
Why Socialism Is Becoming Popular on The Left 24%
By Steve Hayes27% Jonah Goldberg43% Kevin D. Williamson38% Megan McArdle24%
7/31/2026, 12:00:00 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 16 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Negativity Bias, and Politically Right Leaning Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 46.7% saturation with 42 hits. Analysis detected 187 faulty-reasoning hits from 90 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 33.6% and a BS Rank of 24% (17,958 of 23,603 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 76.10% of the article peer group.
Steve Hayes is joined by Jonah Goldberg, Kevin Williamson, and Megan McArdle to discuss the growing popularity of socialism on the left and Anthony Fauci’s testimony on Capitol Hill.
**The Agenda:**
—What is socialism?
—Polling on American sentiment toward socialism
—College dorm life as an ideology
—Tea Party redux
—When to start panicking
—Anthony Fauci’s testimony
—NWYT: Living too long
**Show notes:**
—Kevin on socialism
—Kevin on democratic socialism
—Occupy Wall Street’s puppet guild
—Jonah: We’re Not One Election Away From Ruin
Confirmation Bias
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Anchoring Bias
3.3%Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
6.7%Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
41.1%Framing Effect
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Loss Aversion
8.9%Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
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Pessimism Bias
4.4%Pessimism Bias
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Negativity Bias
22.2%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
5.6%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
8.9%False Dilemma
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Slippery Slope
8.9%Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
6.7%Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
3.3%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
46.7%Biased Writer Voice
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Indoctrination
4.4%Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
17.8%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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90 words analyzed.
Analysis
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