CBC Radio⁠48%

Why Alberta separatists leave Canada ⁠93%

By Allison Dempster⁠0%

4/10/2026, 12:00:00 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 8 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Availability Heuristic, and Recency Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 75% saturation with 45 hits. Analysis detected 213 faulty-reasoning hits from 60 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 88% and a BS Rank of ⁠93% (1,570 of 21,188 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 92.60% of the article peer group.

The stage is being set for a polarizing debate in Alberta. 
Separatists say they have the signatures they need to trigger a referendum on leaving Canada. 
As the stakes rise, CBC’s Allison Dempster takes a closer look at who and what is driving the separatist movement — and who is pushing back in her documentary. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 25.0%Allison Dempster: 6.3%CBC: 2.6%Confirmation Bias25.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 0.7%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 48.3%Allison Dempster: 12.1%CBC: 3.1%Availability Heuristic48.3%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 0.9%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 1.4%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 75.0%Allison Dempster: 56.3%CBC: 4.2%Framing Effect75.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 0.6%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 0.6%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 4.0%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 1.4%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 18.3%Allison Dempster: 13.8%CBC: 5.6%Negativity Bias18.3%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 1.2%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 0.9%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 1.2%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 0.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 3.7%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 48.3%Allison Dempster: 12.1%CBC: 1.2%Recency Bias48.3%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 0.4%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 0.4%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 0.2%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 36.3%CBC: 3.7%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 1.3%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 0.4%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 6.3%CBC: 4.9%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 0.2%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 0.6%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 4.3%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 0.6%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 2.5%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 0.3%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 0.3%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 0.3%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 3.3%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 1.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 25.0%Allison Dempster: 12.5%CBC: 1.1%Unattributed Quote25.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 0.8%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 66.7%Allison Dempster: 21.3%CBC: 4.8%Biased Writer Voice66.7%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 2.4%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 0.4%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Allison Dempster: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 48.3%Allison Dempster: 24.2%CBC: 1.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…48.3%

60 words analyzed.

Speakers

1speaker48%attributed speech31writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 5 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 100.0% coverageCBC’s Allison Dempster • 29 words • 100.0% coverage
100%flagged-word coverage
29 attributed words100% of attributed speech100% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Attempt to Sell a Product +100.0 ptsWriter: 0.0%CBC’s Allison Dempster: 100.0%100.0%Biased Writer Voice+64.5 ptsWriter: 35.5%CBC’s Allison Dempster: 100.0%100.0%Unattributed Quote-48.4 ptsWriter: 48.4%CBC’s Allison Dempster: 0.0%0.0%

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

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Analysis

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