An Ex-NFL Kicker Takes Aim at an Open GOP Seat in Arizona ⁠78%

By Charles Hilu⁠96%

7/20/2026, 8:32:07 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 34 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Right Leaning Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Availability Heuristic, with Ambiguity (Equivocation) as the most egregious example at 23.9% saturation with 87 hits. Analysis detected 1,074 faulty-reasoning hits from 364 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 69.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠78% (4,908 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 77.60% of the article peer group.

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona—The highly educated people of Phoenix’s northeastern suburbs have long been represented by one of their own, a bona fide nerd. 
So will voters in Arizona’s 1st Congressional District really pull the lever for a true jock, one who just so happens to be Tom Brady’s former college roommate? 
I am no economist, but it seems two things that would help bring prices down would be 1) stopping this war with Iran and 2) ending pretty much every tariff. 
Re tariffs: I would propose ending every one and then making an argument why any one of them should be reinstated. 
I have lived in this District for 35 years, and have always voted for the GOP candidate. 
Not this year. 
As long as the Dem candidate is not a DSA type socialist, I will vote for them. 
After watching the Republicans in Congress the last two years, I believe they need a wake up call. 
Congress is a co-equal branch of the Government. 
They are not the Duma. 
I intend to do my part in sending that message. 
Has anyone asked him who won the 2020 election? 
I know it was ages ago. 
It still matters to me where Republican candidates stand on this issue. 
I live in this district. 
It leans Republican but a lot of the 1st District race will depend on who the exact nominees are. 
Raider, we're probably neighbors. 
I'm seeing a lot of enthusiasm from Team Blue in my neighborhood. 
I hope he scores electoral touchdown! 
'...more than 60 percent of constituents have a college degree or higher.' 
Don't mean to be picky but this falls below the standards I've come to expect from TD writing. 
What is 'higher' than a 'college degree?' 
A doctorate or some other higher degree that requires getting a college degree first. 
Multiple college degrees, if you like. 
But, a doctorate is still a college degree. 
My criticism is that phrase is meaningless unless the writer is clearer. 
If it was undergraduate degree or higher, or (fill in the blank but not doctorate) degree or higher, that would have been better. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 15.4%Charles Hilu: 9.2%The Dispatch: 4.0%Confirmation Bias15.4%This article: 0.0%Charles Hilu: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.4%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 16.2%Charles Hilu: 5.4%The Dispatch: 1.9%Availability Heuristic16.2%This article: 11.3%Charles Hilu: 9.1%The Dispatch: 1.0%Representativeness Heuristic11.3%This article: 0.0%Charles Hilu: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.5%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 12.1%Charles Hilu: 7.2%The Dispatch: 1.8%Overconfidence Bias12.1%This article: 12.4%Charles Hilu: 11.1%The Dispatch: 4.8%Framing Effect12.4%This article: 0.0%Charles Hilu: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.7%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 10.4%Charles Hilu: 4.2%The Dispatch: 0.7%Status Quo Bias10.4%This article: 0.0%Charles Hilu: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.0%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 1.6%Charles Hilu: 0.9%The Dispatch: 1.6%Optimism Bias1.6%This article: 8.2%Charles Hilu: 2.3%The Dispatch: 2.7%Pessimism Bias8.2%This article: 13.2%Charles Hilu: 8.0%The Dispatch: 5.3%Negativity Bias13.2%This article: 0.0%Charles Hilu: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.3%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Charles Hilu: 2.6%The Dispatch: 1.5%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Charles Hilu: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.0%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Charles Hilu: 4.3%The Dispatch: 0.8%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 4.7%Charles Hilu: 4.7%The Dispatch: 0.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias4.7%This article: 6.0%Charles Hilu: 1.7%The Dispatch: 1.8%Halo Effect6.0%This article: 0.0%Charles Hilu: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.2%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Charles Hilu: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 4.9%Charles Hilu: 5.3%The Dispatch: 1.2%Recency Bias4.9%This article: 8.0%Charles Hilu: 2.2%The Dispatch: 0.3%Primacy Effect8.0%This article: 3.3%Charles Hilu: 0.9%The Dispatch: 0.2%Blind-Spot Bias3.3%This article: 4.9%Charles Hilu: 6.6%The Dispatch: 1.8%Ad Hominem4.9%This article: 0.0%Charles Hilu: 3.4%The Dispatch: 0.9%Straw Man0.0%This article: 4.7%Charles Hilu: 3.4%The Dispatch: 3.5%Appeal to Authority4.7%This article: 4.7%Charles Hilu: 3.4%The Dispatch: 2.4%False Dilemma4.7%This article: 0.0%Charles Hilu: 0.0%The Dispatch: 1.0%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 5.8%Charles Hilu: 2.2%The Dispatch: 0.2%Circular Reasoning5.8%This article: 10.2%Charles Hilu: 14.9%The Dispatch: 6.1%Hasty Generalization10.2%This article: 9.1%Charles Hilu: 2.5%The Dispatch: 0.1%Red Herring9.1%This article: 3.3%Charles Hilu: 1.8%The Dispatch: 0.1%Bandwagon3.3%This article: 12.1%Charles Hilu: 9.8%The Dispatch: 2.7%Appeal to Emotion12.1%This article: 4.4%Charles Hilu: 1.2%The Dispatch: 0.8%Begging the Question4.4%This article: 0.0%Charles Hilu: 4.6%The Dispatch: 1.6%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Charles Hilu: 2.1%The Dispatch: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 8.2%Charles Hilu: 2.3%The Dispatch: 0.5%Burden of Proof8.2%This article: 0.0%Charles Hilu: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.2%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Charles Hilu: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.3%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 8.2%Charles Hilu: 2.3%The Dispatch: 1.1%Anecdotal8.2%This article: 4.7%Charles Hilu: 1.3%The Dispatch: 0.2%No True Scotsman4.7%This article: 23.9%Charles Hilu: 11.1%The Dispatch: 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)23.9%This article: 0.0%Charles Hilu: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Charles Hilu: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.2%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Charles Hilu: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.3%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 7.1%Charles Hilu: 2.0%The Dispatch: 0.1%Special Pleading7.1%This article: 0.0%Charles Hilu: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.3%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 3.3%Charles Hilu: 5.3%The Dispatch: 1.3%Unattributed Quote3.3%This article: 11.0%Charles Hilu: 8.2%The Dispatch: 0.8%Quote-first Misdirection11.0%This article: 16.5%Charles Hilu: 16.6%The Dispatch: 7.1%Biased Writer Voice16.5%This article: 2.7%Charles Hilu: 0.8%The Dispatch: 1.2%Indoctrination2.7%This article: 3.3%Charles Hilu: 6.1%The Dispatch: 1.5%Politically Left Leaning Bias3.3%This article: 19.2%Charles Hilu: 10.9%The Dispatch: 1.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias19.2%This article: 0.0%Charles Hilu: 0.0%The Dispatch: 5.8%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

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