Chalkbeat⁠37%

Untitled article ⁠23%

7/28/2026, 3:09:20 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 13 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Unattributed Quote, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 37.7% saturation with 43 hits. Analysis detected 250 faulty-reasoning hits from 114 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 31.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠23% (19,655 of 25,492 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 77.10% of the article peer group.

Here are the 35 people running for the Detroit school board 
Philadelphia City Council members say they will ‘use every tool in our arsenal’ to stop school closures 
Chicago Public Schools cuts staffing slightly but special education positions will rise at some campuses 
Education Department investigates Denver Public Schools over teacher accused of making students kiss 
Chicago Public Schools CEO King removes furloughs from the budget proposal ahead of vote 
Mayor Zohran Mamdani names 13 school board members, cementing control of NYC schools 
When teachers lack confidence in math, their students fall behind, a new study shows 
Mamdani taps World Cup fever to get NYC teens designing climate-friendly stadiums and soccer apps 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 1.7%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 0.5%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 13.2%Chalkbeat: 1.6%Availability Heuristic13.2%This article: 12.3%Chalkbeat: 0.2%Representativeness Heuristic12.3%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 0.2%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 12.3%Chalkbeat: 1.0%Overconfidence Bias12.3%This article: 26.3%Chalkbeat: 7.9%Framing Effect26.3%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 0.6%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 12.3%Chalkbeat: 1.2%Status Quo Bias12.3%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 0.0%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 13.2%Chalkbeat: 4.3%Optimism Bias13.2%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 1.1%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 37.7%Chalkbeat: 10.6%Negativity Bias37.7%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 0.0%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 0.3%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 0.5%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 1.4%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 0.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 1.7%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 0.0%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 1.4%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 0.8%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 0.0%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 0.0%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 1.4%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 0.4%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 0.0%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 0.0%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 1.7%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 1.0%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 1.1%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 14.9%Chalkbeat: 2.8%Appeal to Emotion14.9%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 0.5%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 12.3%Chalkbeat: 1.8%Post Hoc (False Cause)12.3%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 0.3%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 0.0%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 0.0%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 11.4%Chalkbeat: 1.6%Anecdotal11.4%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 0.0%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 0.0%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 0.0%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 0.0%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 26.3%Chalkbeat: 1.4%Unattributed Quote26.3%This article: 12.3%Chalkbeat: 0.7%Quote-first Misdirection12.3%This article: 14.9%Chalkbeat: 4.0%Biased Writer Voice14.9%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 1.6%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 0.4%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 0.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Chalkbeat: 3.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

114 words analyzed.

Speakers

2speakers37%attributed speech72writer words
Selected voice

Mayor Zohran Mamdani

100%flagged-word coverage
28 attributed words67% of attributed speech82% writer coverage
0%22.5%45.0%Unattributed Quote-41.7 ptsWriter: 41.7%Mayor Zohran Mamdani: 0.0%0.0%Biased Writer Voice-23.6 ptsWriter: 23.6%Mayor Zohran Mamdani: 0.0%0.0%Quote-first Misdirection-19.4 ptsWriter: 19.4%Mayor Zohran Mamdani: 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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