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Utah took a 11% federal workforce cut, but now the IRS is hiring in Ogden again 70%
By Macy Lipkin0%
6/12/2026, 1:00:00 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 11 faulty reasoning types, including Post Hoc (False Cause), Biased Writer Voice, and Negativity Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 56.5% saturation with 35 hits. Analysis detected 215 faulty-reasoning hits from 62 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 62.9% and a BS Rank of 70% (6,624 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 69.70% of the article peer group.
The IRS is hiring in Ogden again, even as Utah’s federal workforce has shrunk by 11% since early 2025.
Since early 2025, the Department of the Treasury in Utah has had 1,660 fewer employees.
Other industries have expanded enough to swallow the impacts of federal cuts.
Confirmation Bias
19.4%Confirmation Bias
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19.4%AuthorMacy Lipkin
2.4%PublicationKUER
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Anchoring Bias
24.2%Anchoring Bias
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24.2%AuthorMacy Lipkin
2%PublicationKUER
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Availability Heuristic
0%Availability Heuristic
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
4.3%PublicationKUER
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
1%PublicationKUER
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
0.3%PublicationKUER
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
1.6%PublicationKUER
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Framing Effect
56.5%Framing Effect
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56.5%AuthorMacy Lipkin
5.8%PublicationKUER
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
1.4%PublicationKUER
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
1.2%PublicationKUER
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
0.4%PublicationKUER
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Optimism Bias
19.4%Optimism Bias
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19.4%AuthorMacy Lipkin
5.1%PublicationKUER
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
2.1%PublicationKUER
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Negativity Bias
30.6%Negativity Bias
OverallThis article
30.6%AuthorMacy Lipkin
5.6%PublicationKUER
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
1.6%PublicationKUER
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
0.8%PublicationKUER
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
0.2%PublicationKUER
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
0.9%PublicationKUER
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
0.3%PublicationKUER
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
1.2%PublicationKUER
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
0%PublicationKUER
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
0%PublicationKUER
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Recency Bias
30.6%Recency Bias
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30.6%AuthorMacy Lipkin
0.9%PublicationKUER
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Primacy Effect
25.8%Primacy Effect
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25.8%AuthorMacy Lipkin
0.2%PublicationKUER
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
0.1%PublicationKUER
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
0.2%PublicationKUER
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
0.3%PublicationKUER
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Appeal to Authority
0%Appeal to Authority
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
4.6%PublicationKUER
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
1.5%PublicationKUER
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
0.9%PublicationKUER
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
0.3%PublicationKUER
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Hasty Generalization
19.4%Hasty Generalization
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19.4%AuthorMacy Lipkin
3.6%PublicationKUER
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
0.1%PublicationKUER
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
0.4%PublicationKUER
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
4.6%PublicationKUER
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
0.6%PublicationKUER
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
45.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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45.2%AuthorMacy Lipkin
2.2%PublicationKUER
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
0.1%PublicationKUER
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
0.4%PublicationKUER
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
0.2%PublicationKUER
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
0.2%PublicationKUER
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
3.9%PublicationKUER
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
30.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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30.6%AuthorMacy Lipkin
1.7%PublicationKUER
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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%AuthorMacy Lipkin
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
0%Unattributed Quote
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
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Quote-first Misdirection
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
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Biased Writer Voice
45.2%Biased Writer Voice
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45.2%AuthorMacy Lipkin
1.4%PublicationKUER
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Indoctrination
0%Indoctrination
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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0%AuthorMacy Lipkin
0.7%PublicationKUER
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62 words analyzed.
Analysis
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