Get a fresh haircut before school starts at this back-to-school barbecue 5%

By Carley Lanich7%

7/23/2026, 9:00:00 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 4 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Optimism Bias, and Biased Writer Voice, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 32.6% saturation with 42 hits. Analysis detected 132 faulty-reasoning hits from 129 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 20.2% and a BS Rank of 5% (20,854 of 21,886 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 95.30% of the article peer group.

Indy families can celebrate the start of a new school year and send their kids back to class in style with the Indianapolis Black Firefighters Association’s Back 2 School BBQ. 
The event will offer free food, entertainment, backpacks and school supplies while supplies last. 
Kids can also get free haircuts courtesy of The Cut Grooming Lounge. 
The event takes place 2-6 p.m. 
July 26 at the Indianapolis Black Firefighters Association Headquarters, 1201 E. 46th St. 
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Mirror Indy reporter Carley Lanich covers early childhood and K-12 education. 
Contact her at carley.lanich@mirrorindy.org or follow her on X @carleylanich. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.5%Mirror Indy: 1.3%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 0.1%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 1.5%Mirror Indy: 2.1%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 0.7%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 0.2%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 0.5%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 23.3%Carley Lanich: 5.9%Mirror Indy: 3.4%Framing Effect23.3%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 2.0%Mirror Indy: 0.7%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 0.2%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 23.3%Carley Lanich: 3.7%Mirror Indy: 3.3%Optimism Bias23.3%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 1.1%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 5.9%Negativity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.7%Mirror Indy: 1.2%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 0.9%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 0.1%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 1.2%Mirror Indy: 1.5%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 0.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 3.6%Mirror Indy: 1.9%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 0.0%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 1.1%Mirror Indy: 0.4%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 0.3%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 0.2%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 0.0%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 3.7%Mirror Indy: 2.4%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 0.7%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 0.3%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 0.0%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.7%Mirror Indy: 3.7%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 0.0%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.5%Mirror Indy: 0.1%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 1.2%Mirror Indy: 2.2%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 0.1%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 1.0%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 0.3%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 0.2%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 4.1%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 0.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 0.0%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 0.0%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 0.0%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 1.0%Mirror Indy: 0.7%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 0.2%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 23.3%Carley Lanich: 5.5%Mirror Indy: 3.4%Biased Writer Voice23.3%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.4%Mirror Indy: 0.7%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 0.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Carley Lanich: 0.0%Mirror Indy: 0.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 32.6%Carley Lanich: 14.5%Mirror Indy: 1.8%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…32.6%

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