WPLN News18%
NashVillager Podcast: Building the statehouse 21%
By Nina Cardona14%
7/21/2026, 11:48:20 AM
Topics: Tennessee History, State Government
BS Summary: This article contains 4 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Anecdotal, and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 32.6% saturation with 31 hits. Analysis detected 101 faulty-reasoning hits from 95 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 35.4% and a BS Rank of 21% (15,267 of 19,134 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 79.80% of the article peer group.
Why did it take Tennessee so long to settle on a capitol and build a statehouse?
From a political fight (that compared Nashville to Sodom) to an untimely death and unusual grave, the story behind Tennessee’s physical seat of government has more twists than you might expect.
Plus, the local news for July 21, 2026, and reclaiming the American flag.
Credits:
This is a production of Nashville Public Radio.
Host/producer: Nina Cardona
Editor: LaTonya Turner
Additional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, Megan Jones and the staff of WPLN and WNXP
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Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
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Framing Effect
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Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
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Pessimism Bias
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Negativity Bias
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Self-Serving Bias
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Fundamental Attribution Error
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Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
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Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
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Primacy Effect
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Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
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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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Begging the Question
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
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Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
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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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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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95 words analyzed.
Analysis
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