Last call for Missouri's legislature 28%
By Nomin Ujiyediin0% Byron J. Love0%
5/11/2026, 4:00:00 AM
Topics: Podcast Episode
BS Summary: This article contains 3 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service and Indoctrination, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 22.8% saturation with 28 hits. Analysis detected 78 faulty-reasoning hits from 123 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 38.6% and a BS Rank of 28% (12,230 of 16,813 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 72.70% of the article peer group.
After passing a $51 billion budget, Missouri lawmakers return to Jefferson City for the final week of this year's session.
Hear what's in and what's out of this year's funding package, and which big issues remain on the agenda in this final week.
KCUR's Brian Ellison sat down with Rudi Keller of the Missouri Independent to talk about the final week of legislative session.
Contact the show at news@kcur.org.
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Kansas City Today is hosted by Nomin Ujiyediin.
It is produced by Byron Love and KCUR Studios, and edited by Gabe Rosenberg, Madeline Fox and Emily Younker.
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Confirmation Bias
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Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
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Framing Effect
22.8%Framing Effect
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22.8%AuthorNomin Ujiyediin
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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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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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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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No True Scotsman
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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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Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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123 words analyzed.
Analysis
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