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Utah took a 11% federal workforce cut, but now the IRS is hiring in Ogden again ⁠70%

By Macy Lipkin⁠0%

6/12/2026, 8:00:00 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 11 faulty reasoning types, including Post Hoc (False Cause), Biased Writer Voice, and Negativity Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 56.5% saturation with 35 hits. Analysis detected 215 faulty-reasoning hits from 62 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 62.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠70% (6,623 of 21,886 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 69.70% of the article peer group.

The IRS is hiring in Ogden again, even as Utah’s federal workforce has shrunk by 11% since early 2025. 
Since early 2025, the Department of the Treasury in Utah has had 1,660 fewer employees. 
Other industries have expanded enough to swallow the impacts of federal cuts. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 19.4%Macy Lipkin: 2.4%KUER: 2.8%Confirmation Bias19.4%This article: 24.2%Macy Lipkin: 2.0%KUER: 1.3%Anchoring Bias24.2%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 4.3%KUER: 3.4%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 1.0%KUER: 1.2%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.3%KUER: 0.5%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 1.6%KUER: 1.9%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 56.5%Macy Lipkin: 5.8%KUER: 7.4%Framing Effect56.5%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 1.4%KUER: 1.3%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 1.2%KUER: 1.2%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.4%KUER: 0.3%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 19.4%Macy Lipkin: 5.1%KUER: 4.4%Optimism Bias19.4%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 2.1%KUER: 2.4%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 30.6%Macy Lipkin: 5.6%KUER: 6.3%Negativity Bias30.6%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 1.6%KUER: 2.2%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.8%KUER: 0.9%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.2%KUER: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.9%KUER: 1.9%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.3%KUER: 0.6%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 1.2%KUER: 2.3%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.0%KUER: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.0%KUER: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 30.6%Macy Lipkin: 0.9%KUER: 1.2%Recency Bias30.6%This article: 25.8%Macy Lipkin: 0.2%KUER: 0.3%Primacy Effect25.8%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.1%KUER: 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.2%KUER: 0.6%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.3%KUER: 0.4%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 4.6%KUER: 4.7%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 1.5%KUER: 1.7%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.9%KUER: 1.1%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.3%KUER: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 19.4%Macy Lipkin: 3.6%KUER: 4.1%Hasty Generalization19.4%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.1%KUER: 0.2%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.4%KUER: 0.7%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 4.6%KUER: 5.6%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.6%KUER: 0.7%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 45.2%Macy Lipkin: 2.2%KUER: 2.4%Post Hoc (False Cause)45.2%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.1%KUER: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.4%KUER: 0.4%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.2%KUER: 0.2%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.2%KUER: 0.3%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 3.9%KUER: 3.1%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.2%KUER: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 30.6%Macy Lipkin: 1.7%KUER: 1.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation)30.6%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.0%KUER: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.2%KUER: 0.2%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.0%KUER: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.2%KUER: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.1%KUER: 0.2%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.9%KUER: 0.8%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.8%KUER: 0.7%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 45.2%Macy Lipkin: 1.4%KUER: 2.2%Biased Writer Voice45.2%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.9%KUER: 1.6%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.5%KUER: 0.8%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.2%KUER: 0.3%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.7%KUER: 1.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

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