Mashable⁠70%

'The Daily Show' reacts to Trump slapping additional tariffs on Canada ⁠75%

By Sam Haysom⁠69%

7/22/2026, 9:17:31 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 16 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Politically Right Leaning Bias, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 25.8% saturation with 55 hits. Analysis detected 444 faulty-reasoning hits from 213 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 67.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠75% (5,235 of 20,514 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 74.50% of the article peer group.

The word "tariff" seems to have been blissfully absent from the news cycle for a while now, but this week it made a comeback. 
In the Daily Show clip above, host Desi Lydic reacts to Trump announcing 50 percent tariffs on several goods imported from Canada, from dairy products and paper to furniture and hockey sticks. 
"No hockey sticks? 
What's my husband gonna keep jammed in the corner of our garage for the past 15 years?" 
Lydic said. 
"Now, obviously, it's very frustrating to be back in this trade war again, but if you're worried that this is another case of Trump abusing his power again relax, these tariffs are legal under the Smoot-Hawley act, which has been around since 1930 when it helped prolong and worse the great depression. 
So cheer up!" 
Lydic goes on to explain why the tariffs are being imposed now, citing a Truth Social post in which Trump accuses Canada of "not properly maintaining their forests," leading to the US "being unnecessarily invaded by filthy, polluted, and unhealthy air." 
"Are you sure you want America to set a precedent for paying for pollution?" 
asks Lydic. 
"I feel like your pals at Pesticide-Microplastic-Death-Diarrhea-Lettuce Inc. might have other ideas." 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 24.4%Sam Haysom: 4.6%Mashable: 2.2%Confirmation Bias24.4%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 0.0%Mashable: 2.0%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 19.2%Sam Haysom: 4.8%Mashable: 3.1%Availability Heuristic19.2%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 0.0%Mashable: 1.2%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 1.0%Mashable: 0.6%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 2.9%Mashable: 2.9%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 11.1%Mashable: 5.7%Framing Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 0.0%Mashable: 1.7%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 0.0%Mashable: 0.6%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 0.0%Mashable: 0.3%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 25.8%Sam Haysom: 3.2%Mashable: 4.4%Optimism Bias25.8%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 3.9%Mashable: 1.2%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 5.6%Sam Haysom: 22.1%Mashable: 4.7%Negativity Bias5.6%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 0.0%Mashable: 0.6%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 2.7%Mashable: 0.5%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 1.8%Mashable: 0.1%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 0.0%Mashable: 0.8%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 0.7%Mashable: 0.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 0.4%Mashable: 4.3%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 0.0%Mashable: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 0.0%Mashable: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 11.3%Sam Haysom: 4.2%Mashable: 1.2%Recency Bias11.3%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 0.0%Mashable: 0.4%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 0.0%Mashable: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 5.6%Sam Haysom: 2.1%Mashable: 0.3%Ad Hominem5.6%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 0.0%Mashable: 0.2%Straw Man0.0%This article: 24.4%Sam Haysom: 4.1%Mashable: 3.4%Appeal to Authority24.4%This article: 6.6%Sam Haysom: 3.7%Mashable: 1.4%False Dilemma6.6%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 0.8%Mashable: 0.5%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 0.0%Mashable: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 8.1%Mashable: 5.0%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 0.0%Mashable: 0.2%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 1.5%Mashable: 1.2%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 8.0%Sam Haysom: 10.5%Mashable: 3.4%Appeal to Emotion8.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 0.6%Mashable: 0.8%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 3.4%Mashable: 2.0%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 0.0%Mashable: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 0.0%Mashable: 0.4%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 0.0%Mashable: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 0.0%Mashable: 0.3%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 8.0%Sam Haysom: 1.0%Mashable: 1.6%Anecdotal8.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 0.0%Mashable: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 5.6%Sam Haysom: 1.6%Mashable: 2.8%Ambiguity (Equivocation)5.6%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 0.0%Mashable: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 0.0%Mashable: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 0.0%Mashable: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 0.0%Mashable: 0.2%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 0.0%Mashable: 0.0%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 19.2%Sam Haysom: 5.3%Mashable: 1.3%Unattributed Quote19.2%This article: 5.6%Sam Haysom: 5.7%Mashable: 0.7%Quote-first Misdirection5.6%This article: 13.1%Sam Haysom: 16.6%Mashable: 10.5%Biased Writer Voice13.1%This article: 1.4%Sam Haysom: 4.1%Mashable: 2.6%Indoctrination1.4%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 7.4%Mashable: 0.5%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 24.4%Sam Haysom: 3.0%Mashable: 0.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias24.4%This article: 0.0%Sam Haysom: 3.7%Mashable: 18.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

213 words analyzed.

Speakers

1speaker67%attributed speech71writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 11 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 24 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 32 words • 0.0% coverageDesi Lydic • 3 words • 0.0% coverageDesi Lydic • 17 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 2 words • 0.0% coverageDesi Lydic • 52 words • 100.0% coverageDesi Lydic • 3 words • 100.0% coverageDesi Lydic • 41 words • 100.0% coverageDesi Lydic • 14 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 2 words • 0.0% coverageDesi Lydic • 12 words • 100.0% coverage
Selected voice

Desi Lydic

98%flagged-word coverage
142 attributed words100% of attributed speech49% writer coverage
0%20.0%40.0%Politically Right Leaning +36.6 ptsWriter: 0.0%Desi Lydic: 36.6%36.6%Unattributed Quote+28.9 ptsWriter: 0.0%Desi Lydic: 28.9%28.9%Biased Writer Voice-3.5 ptsWriter: 15.5%Desi Lydic: 12.0%12.0%Quote-first Misdirection+8.5 ptsWriter: 0.0%Desi Lydic: 8.5%8.5%Indoctrination+2.1 ptsWriter: 0.0%Desi Lydic: 2.1%2.1%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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