Special ed at HISD (July 14, 2026) ⁠2%

By Michael Hagerty⁠2%

7/14/2026, 11:00:17 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 4 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Appeal to Authority, with Indoctrination as the most egregious example at 16.5% saturation with 33 hits. Analysis detected 76 faulty-reasoning hits from 200 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 11.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠2% (20,837 of 21,176 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 98.40% of the article peer group.

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And retired astronaut Anna Lee Fisher talks about time with NASA. 
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Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 1.6%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 1.1%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 1.1%Houston Public Media: 2.9%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 1.5%Houston Public Media: 1.0%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 1.5%Houston Public Media: 0.5%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 1.2%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 3.8%Houston Public Media: 4.9%Framing Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.5%Houston Public Media: 0.5%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.6%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.0%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 1.0%Houston Public Media: 2.4%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.9%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 3.9%Houston Public Media: 4.8%Negativity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 1.1%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.8%Houston Public Media: 0.3%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 1.6%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 1.4%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 1.2%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 1.2%Houston Public Media: 0.2%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.6%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.0%Straw Man0.0%This article: 5.5%Michael Hagerty: 3.2%Houston Public Media: 3.5%Appeal to Authority5.5%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.8%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.4%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.0%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 2.0%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.2%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.5%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 4.5%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.8%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 1.5%Houston Public Media: 1.7%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.3%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.1%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 1.5%Houston Public Media: 1.4%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.0%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 1.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.6%Houston Public Media: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.0%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 1.0%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.9%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 9.5%Michael Hagerty: 4.2%Houston Public Media: 1.1%Biased Writer Voice9.5%This article: 16.5%Michael Hagerty: 2.9%Houston Public Media: 1.7%Indoctrination16.5%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.8%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Hagerty: 0.0%Houston Public Media: 0.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 6.5%Michael Hagerty: 5.8%Houston Public Media: 0.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…6.5%

200 words analyzed.

Speakers

3speakers53%attributed speech94writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 7 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 18 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 19 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 26 words • 0.0% coverageJoseph Locke • 33 words • 100.0% coverageJoseph Locke • 11 words • 0.0% coverageAnna Lee Fisher • 11 words • 0.0% coverageAnna Lee Fisher • 20 words • 0.0% coveragePBS • 31 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 1 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 100.0% coverage
Selected voice

Joseph Locke

75%flagged-word coverage
44 attributed words42% of attributed speech34% writer coverage
0%37.5%75.0%Indoctrination+75.0 ptsWriter: 0.0%Joseph Locke: 75.0%75.0%Biased Writer Voice-20.2 ptsWriter: 20.2%Joseph Locke: 0.0%0.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -13.8 ptsWriter: 13.8%Joseph Locke: 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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