CBC Radio⁠49%

How Germany gets hip, knee surgeries done faster than Canada ⁠95%

By Dr. Brian Goldman⁠0%

3/25/2026, 5:00:00 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 14 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Hasty Generalization, and False Dilemma, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 61.9% saturation with 52 hits. Analysis detected 349 faulty-reasoning hits from 84 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 91.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠95% (1,183 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 94.60% of the article peer group.

Canadians in some provinces can wait years for a new hip or knee. 
In Germany, it can take just weeks. 
Transplanted Canadian Elizabeth Sandomeer had each of her knees replaced in under three months. 
Orthopedic surgeon Dr. 
Sebastian Braun says there are many reasons why Germany can get those surgeries done faster. 
One of the biggest drivers is the competition between hospitals for funding, something that Braun says is lacking in Canada's health-care system. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 44.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 8.0%CBC: 2.6%Confirmation Bias44.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.7%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 32.1%Dr. Brian Goldman: 16.5%CBC: 3.1%Availability Heuristic32.1%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 1.1%CBC: 1.0%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 1.4%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 20.2%Dr. Brian Goldman: 24.2%CBC: 4.2%Framing Effect20.2%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 1.1%CBC: 0.6%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 3.6%CBC: 0.6%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 8.3%Dr. Brian Goldman: 7.8%CBC: 4.0%Optimism Bias8.3%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.4%CBC: 1.4%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 27.4%Dr. Brian Goldman: 20.2%CBC: 5.7%Negativity Bias27.4%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 1.2%CBC: 1.2%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 26.2%Dr. Brian Goldman: 1.4%CBC: 0.9%Fundamental Attribution Error26.2%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 1.1%CBC: 1.2%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 2.5%CBC: 0.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 6.3%CBC: 3.6%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 3.1%CBC: 1.2%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.6%CBC: 0.4%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.4%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.2%Straw Man0.0%This article: 21.4%Dr. Brian Goldman: 16.9%CBC: 3.7%Appeal to Authority21.4%This article: 38.1%Dr. Brian Goldman: 6.5%CBC: 1.3%False Dilemma38.1%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.4%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 40.5%Dr. Brian Goldman: 22.0%CBC: 4.8%Hasty Generalization40.5%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.2%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 5.9%CBC: 0.6%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 11.3%CBC: 4.2%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 26.2%Dr. Brian Goldman: 2.5%CBC: 0.6%Begging the Question26.2%This article: 26.2%Dr. Brian Goldman: 14.7%CBC: 2.5%Post Hoc (False Cause)26.2%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.3%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.3%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.3%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 16.7%Dr. Brian Goldman: 18.2%CBC: 3.3%Anecdotal16.7%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 2.4%CBC: 1.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 2.1%CBC: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 26.2%Dr. Brian Goldman: 1.4%CBC: 1.1%Unattributed Quote26.2%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 1.8%CBC: 0.8%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 61.9%Dr. Brian Goldman: 20.1%CBC: 4.8%Biased Writer Voice61.9%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 15.9%CBC: 2.4%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.4%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Dr. Brian Goldman: 5.5%CBC: 1.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

84 words analyzed.

Speakers

2speakers61%attributed speech33writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 10 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 7 words • 100.0% coverageElizabeth Sandomeer • 14 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 3 words • 0.0% coverageSebastian Braun • 15 words • 0.0% coverageSebastian Braun • 22 words • 100.0% coverage
Selected voice

Sebastian Braun

100%flagged-word coverage
37 attributed words73% of attributed speech100% writer coverage
0%47.5%95.0%Biased Writer Voice-31.4 ptsWriter: 90.9%Sebastian Braun: 59.5%59.5%Unattributed Quote+59.5 ptsWriter: 0.0%Sebastian Braun: 59.5%59.5%

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

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Analysis

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