Dec. 19, 2025: The 10th Colorado Matters Holiday Extravaganza⁠83%

By Ryan Warner⁠0%

12/19/2025, 8:16:40 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 8 faulty reasoning types, including In-Group Bias, Optimism Bias, and Anchoring Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 75% saturation with 48 hits. Analysis detected 192 faulty-reasoning hits from 64 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 74.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠83% (3,779 of 21,886 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 82.70% of the article peer group.

Mariachi Las Dahlias performed “El Burrito Sabanero,” which translates to “The Little Donkey from the Savannah,” a reference to Bethlehem. 
A CPR tradition turns 10 this year. 
The Colorado Matters Holiday Extravaganza returns with bluegrass, mariachi, comedy and storytime. 
And as always, we pay homage to Judy Garland. 
Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or simply value togetherness, this audio gift is for you! 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 0.4%Colorado Public Radio: 0.4%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 31.3%Ryan Warner: 1.8%Colorado Public Radio: 4.8%Anchoring Bias31.3%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 0.9%Colorado Public Radio: 6.4%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 0.0%Colorado Public Radio: 0.2%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 1.6%Colorado Public Radio: 5.7%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 0.0%Colorado Public Radio: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 75.0%Ryan Warner: 4.8%Colorado Public Radio: 26.7%Framing Effect75.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 0.0%Colorado Public Radio: 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 4.3%Colorado Public Radio: 5.0%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 0.0%Colorado Public Radio: 0.8%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 0.0%Colorado Public Radio: 0.7%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 50.0%Ryan Warner: 4.3%Colorado Public Radio: 7.6%In-Group Bias50.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 0.0%Colorado Public Radio: 4.6%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 4.1%Colorado Public Radio: 19.5%Negativity Bias0.0%This article: 43.8%Ryan Warner: 4.8%Colorado Public Radio: 6.6%Optimism Bias43.8%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 0.2%Colorado Public Radio: 1.9%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 0.2%Colorado Public Radio: 2.1%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 1.8%Colorado Public Radio: 4.6%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 0.0%Colorado Public Radio: 0.7%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 0.7%Colorado Public Radio: 2.0%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 0.4%Colorado Public Radio: 0.9%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 0.3%Colorado Public Radio: 4.9%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 25.0%Ryan Warner: 1.4%Colorado Public Radio: 3.3%Status Quo Bias25.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 0.3%Colorado Public Radio: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 0.0%Colorado Public Radio: 1.7%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 0.7%Colorado Public Radio: 0.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 2.3%Colorado Public Radio: 3.9%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 4.1%Colorado Public Radio: 11.3%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 25.0%Ryan Warner: 4.3%Colorado Public Radio: 13.0%Appeal to Emotion25.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 0.0%Colorado Public Radio: 0.5%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 25.0%Ryan Warner: 2.3%Colorado Public Radio: 1.9%Bandwagon25.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 0.5%Colorado Public Radio: 1.8%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 0.0%Colorado Public Radio: 0.5%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 0.0%Colorado Public Radio: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 0.0%Colorado Public Radio: 0.3%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 25.0%Ryan Warner: 1.4%Colorado Public Radio: 1.9%False Dilemma25.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 0.0%Colorado Public Radio: 0.1%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 0.0%Colorado Public Radio: 1.0%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 3.4%Colorado Public Radio: 3.5%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 0.0%Colorado Public Radio: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 0.6%Colorado Public Radio: 0.0%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 0.0%Colorado Public Radio: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 1.2%Colorado Public Radio: 3.5%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 0.0%Colorado Public Radio: 0.7%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 0.2%Colorado Public Radio: 2.5%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 0.0%Colorado Public Radio: 0.6%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 0.5%Colorado Public Radio: 0.4%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Ryan Warner: 0.0%Colorado Public Radio: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%

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