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The Metro: Discover What’s So Funny About Detroit at The Old Miami tonight 30%
By Alex McLenon30% Tia Graham63% Haley Gavigan36%
7/30/2026, 10:20:07 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 6 faulty reasoning types, including Loss Aversion, Confirmation Bias, and Anecdotal, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 41.4% saturation with 53 hits. Analysis detected 124 faulty-reasoning hits from 128 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 35.2% and a BS Rank of 30% (17,845 of 25,265 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 70.60% of the article peer group.
“What’s So Funny About Detroit?”
will return to The Old Miami on Thursday, July 30.
In the Groove’s Ryan Patrick Hooper will host comedians such as Zech, Brett Mercer and Heather Jowett.
Melanie Hearn, an actress and writer from Detroit, will perform as a second-time headliner.
“I’ve always loved this event because people are actually there ready for a show,” Hearn says.
She joins The Metro to share more about her career and her connection to Detroit.
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Confirmation Bias
12.5%Confirmation Bias
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12.5%AuthorAlex McLenon
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
0%Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
10.2%Framing Effect
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10.2%AuthorAlex McLenon
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Loss Aversion
16.4%Loss Aversion
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16.4%AuthorAlex McLenon
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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0%AuthorAlex McLenon
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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Negativity Bias
0%Negativity Bias
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
0%Appeal to Authority
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
12.5%Anecdotal
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12.5%AuthorAlex McLenon
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
0%Unattributed Quote
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Quote-first Misdirection
3.9%Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
0%Biased Writer Voice
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Indoctrination
0%Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
41.4%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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41.4%AuthorAlex McLenon
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128 words analyzed.
Analysis
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