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Taco Madness 2026 ⁠5%

By L.A. TACO STAFF⁠0%

3/19/2026, 4:31:28 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 2 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Indoctrination as the most egregious example at 17.7% saturation with 11 hits. Analysis detected 22 faulty-reasoning hits from 62 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 19.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠5% (20,817 of 21,727 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 95.80% of the article peer group.

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2026 Bracket 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 3.4%L.A. TACO: 3.9%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 0.8%L.A. TACO: 0.8%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 3.4%L.A. TACO: 4.1%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 1.0%L.A. TACO: 1.0%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 0.3%L.A. TACO: 0.5%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 10.7%L.A. TACO: 1.7%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 15.3%L.A. TACO: 11.5%Framing Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 0.2%L.A. TACO: 0.6%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 1.5%L.A. TACO: 0.6%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 0.2%L.A. TACO: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 3.9%L.A. TACO: 2.4%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 0.7%L.A. TACO: 0.9%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 4.1%L.A. TACO: 11.3%Negativity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 2.0%L.A. TACO: 1.5%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 0.6%L.A. TACO: 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 0.1%L.A. TACO: 0.3%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 8.9%L.A. TACO: 4.9%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 0.9%L.A. TACO: 1.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 21.6%L.A. TACO: 6.0%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 0.1%L.A. TACO: 0.3%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 0.0%L.A. TACO: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 0.7%L.A. TACO: 1.0%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 1.2%L.A. TACO: 0.4%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 0.0%L.A. TACO: 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 0.4%L.A. TACO: 1.2%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 0.3%L.A. TACO: 0.5%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 8.0%L.A. TACO: 3.6%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 0.4%L.A. TACO: 1.1%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 0.3%L.A. TACO: 0.5%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 0.1%L.A. TACO: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 4.9%L.A. TACO: 5.8%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 0.5%L.A. TACO: 0.2%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 6.0%L.A. TACO: 1.3%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 18.8%L.A. TACO: 10.8%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 1.5%L.A. TACO: 0.9%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 1.0%L.A. TACO: 2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 0.0%L.A. TACO: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 0.1%L.A. TACO: 0.5%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 2.1%L.A. TACO: 0.3%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 0.1%L.A. TACO: 0.2%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 2.8%L.A. TACO: 5.7%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 0.0%L.A. TACO: 0.2%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 0.5%L.A. TACO: 1.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 0.0%L.A. TACO: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 0.0%L.A. TACO: 0.0%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 0.0%L.A. TACO: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 0.1%L.A. TACO: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 1.5%L.A. TACO: 0.5%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 0.4%L.A. TACO: 1.4%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 0.0%L.A. TACO: 0.6%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 5.0%L.A. TACO: 8.7%Biased Writer Voice0.0%This article: 17.7%L.A. TACO STAFF: 0.7%L.A. TACO: 2.0%Indoctrination17.7%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 0.5%L.A. TACO: 2.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%L.A. TACO STAFF: 0.0%L.A. TACO: 0.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 17.7%L.A. TACO STAFF: 3.4%L.A. TACO: 2.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…17.7%

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