Leatrice McClain Duffus Mowatt Obituary 1%

By Chicago Tribune15%

7/31/2026, 10:05:00 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 2 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, with Ambiguity (Equivocation) as the most egregious example at 16.7% saturation with 27 hits. Analysis detected 54 faulty-reasoning hits from 162 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 4.2% and a BS Rank of 1% (25,482 of 25,725 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 99.10% of the article peer group.

Dr. 
Leatrice M. 
Mowatt, was the daughter of Lloyd and Elizabeth McClain, spent her entire life in the city of Chicago. 
A product of Ida B. 
Wells Homes and Lucy Flower High School. 
The oldest of three sisters, acclaimed journalist and editor of the Chicago Tribune  Leanita McClain, who passed away in 1984 and a fellow Chicago Public School teacher at Parkside Academy  Anita McClain Dabney, Leatrice was a CPS teacher for nearly 40 years on the West Side as a part of the inaugural cadre of teachers who opened Frederick Douglass Middle School. 
Her husband, Andrew D. 
Mowatt, for just over 50 years of marriage transitioned on March 3, 2010, and she is survived by a sister, Anita: two sons, Thomas L. 
Mowatt and Rasul (Norman) A. 
Mowatt; scores of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nephews and nieces, and cousins, residing as close as the South Side and as far as away as Kingston, Jamaica  À?? 
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Framing Effect
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Loss Aversion
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Halo Effect
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Horn Effect
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Appeal to Authority
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False Dilemma
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Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
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Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
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Burden of Proof
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Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
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Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
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Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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162 words analyzed.

Analysis

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