Dec. 26, 2025: A Kwanzaa extravaganza and a singer who lives the principles everyday!96%
By Chandra Thomas Whitfield0%
12/26/2025, 10:13:25 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 12 faulty reasoning types, including In-Group Bias, Optimism Bias, and Confirmation Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 70 hits. Analysis detected 342 faulty-reasoning hits from 70 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 93.8% and a BS Rank of 96% (729 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 95.70% of the article peer group.
This is the first day of Kwanzaa, a celebration of African American culture and heritage along with seven guiding principles, such as unity, purpose, and self-determination.
Light the kinara with us as we share some of our favorite Kwanzaa memories from our annual Colorado Matters Holiday Extravaganzas!
Plus, Chandra's conversation from August with Denver musical artist Such, whose passion to help others has been a guiding principle in her life.
Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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0%AuthorChandra Thomas Whitfield
0%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Anchoring Bias
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7%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Availability Heuristic
30%Availability Heuristic
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30%AuthorChandra Thomas Whitfield
8.7%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorChandra Thomas Whitfield
0%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Confirmation Bias
32.9%Confirmation Bias
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32.9%AuthorChandra Thomas Whitfield
9.5%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
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0%AuthorChandra Thomas Whitfield
0%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Framing Effect
100%Framing Effect
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100%AuthorChandra Thomas Whitfield
64%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%AuthorChandra Thomas Whitfield
0%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Halo Effect
32.9%Halo Effect
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32.9%AuthorChandra Thomas Whitfield
52.2%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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0%AuthorChandra Thomas Whitfield
0%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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In-Group Bias
67.1%In-Group Bias
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67.1%AuthorChandra Thomas Whitfield
55.9%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0%AuthorChandra Thomas Whitfield
0%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Negativity Bias
0%Negativity Bias
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0%AuthorChandra Thomas Whitfield
15.5%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Optimism Bias
37.1%Optimism Bias
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37.1%AuthorChandra Thomas Whitfield
32.9%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorChandra Thomas Whitfield
0%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Overconfidence Bias
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorChandra Thomas Whitfield
0%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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5.4%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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10.1%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorChandra Thomas Whitfield
0%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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2.9%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Ad Hominem
32.9%Ad Hominem
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32.9%AuthorChandra Thomas Whitfield
4.8%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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0%AuthorChandra Thomas Whitfield
0%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Anecdotal
30%Anecdotal
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30%AuthorChandra Thomas Whitfield
18.6%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Appeal to Authority
32.9%Appeal to Authority
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32.9%AuthorChandra Thomas Whitfield
36.9%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Appeal to Emotion
30%Appeal to Emotion
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30%AuthorChandra Thomas Whitfield
52.8%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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0%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Bandwagon
30%Bandwagon
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30%AuthorChandra Thomas Whitfield
29%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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0%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Composition/Division
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0%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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Gambler’s Fallacy
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0%AuthorChandra Thomas Whitfield
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Genetic Fallacy
32.9%Genetic Fallacy
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32.9%AuthorChandra Thomas Whitfield
4.8%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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10.4%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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No True Scotsman
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Personal Incredulity
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
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0%AuthorChandra Thomas Whitfield
5.2%PublicationColorado Public Radio
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Red Herring
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Slippery Slope
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Special Pleading
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Straw Man
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Tu Quoque
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70 words analyzed.
Analysis
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