Matt in the Morning ⁠42%

7/25/2026, 1:29:41 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 10 faulty reasoning types, including Bandwagon, Framing Effect, and Availability Heuristic, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 24.9% saturation with 75 hits. Analysis detected 343 faulty-reasoning hits from 301 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 45.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠42% (12,866 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 58.80% of the article peer group.

What ‘The Cube?' 
A look inside the new Chicago gaming experience 
The experience, which is wildly popular in the UK, just opened on Michigan Avenue in Chicago. 
Hundreds flock to Oak Street Beach for RISE sunrise Pilates club 
Things to do in the Chicago area over Memorial Day weekend 
The art of making paper by hand in Chicago 
NBC 5’s Matt Rodrigues stopped by Chicago Pulp studio to check out how the unique shop makes paper by hand. 
Things to do in the Chicago area this weekend: May 14-17 
Need plans this weekend? 
On this episode of ‘The Weekender,’ Matt Rodrigues shares a few ideas for your weekend in the Chicago area. 
Co-owner Bill Murray previews Joliet Slammers game at old prison for 100th birthday of Route 66 
‘Curling 101' with the Chicago Curling Club 
Matt in the Morning gives curling his best shot Friday morning with the Chicago Curling Club in anticipation of the sport at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympic Games. 
Matt in the Morning gets in on the Bears' superfan action 
Matt Rodrigues joined Shaun Finn, of Roscoe Village, to get in on the Chicago Bears’ playoff hype. 
‘Spa in Your Space' brings mobile spa services to you across Chicago area 
The mobile spa offers everything from massages to manicures and more. 
Chicago area's mobile ‘Spa in Your Space' comes to you. 
Here's how it works 
The mobile spa, out of Oak Park, brings the spa to you — including an Oxygen Bar, leg compressions, fragrance making and more. 
Matt Rodrigues has more. 
‘Fire and ice': New lakefront sauna offers unique take on cold plunging 
A new sauna along North Avenue beach in Chicago offers a unique take on being “hot and cold.” 
Matt Rodrigues tries it out on “Matt in the Morning.” 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.5%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.8%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 13.0%NBC Chicago: 3.1%Availability Heuristic13.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 1.0%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.5%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.6%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 13.6%NBC Chicago: 9.1%Framing Effect13.6%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 1.1%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.3%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.0%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 9.6%NBC Chicago: 2.8%Optimism Bias9.6%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 1.4%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 11.8%Negativity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.6%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.4%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.1%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 5.6%NBC Chicago: 0.4%In-Group Bias5.6%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 9.6%NBC Chicago: 3.6%Halo Effect9.6%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.0%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 1.7%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.2%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.1%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.3%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 2.3%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 1.0%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.0%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 2.6%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.0%Red Herring0.0%This article: 14.6%NBC Chicago: 1.3%Bandwagon14.6%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 3.4%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.2%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 9.6%NBC Chicago: 1.5%Post Hoc (False Cause)9.6%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.2%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.0%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 7.0%NBC Chicago: 1.8%Anecdotal7.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.0%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.0%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.0%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 1.6%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.9%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 10.1%Biased Writer Voice0.0%This article: 6.3%NBC Chicago: 0.9%Indoctrination6.3%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.3%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 24.9%NBC Chicago: 4.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…24.9%

301 words analyzed.

Speakers

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Selected voice

Matt Rodrigues

92%flagged-word coverage
50 attributed words71% of attributed speech62% writer coverage
0%20.0%40.0%Indoctrination+38.0 ptsWriter: 0.0%Matt Rodrigues: 38.0%38.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -32.5 ptsWriter: 32.5%Matt Rodrigues: 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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