NBC Chicago⁠81%

West Pullman ⁠68%

By Vi Nguyen

7/24/2026, 1:12:02 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 11 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Hasty Generalization, and Availability Heuristic, with Post Hoc (False Cause) as the most egregious example at 25.5% saturation with 56 hits. Analysis detected 305 faulty-reasoning hits from 220 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 61.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠68% (6,836 of 20,882 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 67.30% of the article peer group.

Urban farmer sees more people wanting to grow lettuce amid cyclosporiasis outbreak 
More and more people are wanting to grow their own lettuce and vegetables following the cyclospora outbreak. 
An urban farm on Chicago’s far south side said they’ve been fielding calls from new gardeners in recent weeks. 
Natasha Nicholes tends to her farm in West Pullman near West 120th Street and South Union Avenue and said it’s been a busy... 
Urban farmer sees more people wanting to grow lettuce amid cyclosporiasis outbreak 
More and more people are wanting to grow their own lettuce and vegetables following the cyclospora outbreak. 
Vi Nguyen reports. 
Man and his dog shot after telling speeding driver to ‘slow down' in West Pullman 
A man and his dog were shot and wounded after he told a speeding driver to “slow down” Tuesday morning in West Pullman on the Far South Side. 
Police search for suspect after man and his dog shot in West Pullman 
Police are looking for an assailant in a red car who opened fire, shooting a man and his dog Tuesday morning in the West Pullman neighborhood. 
Vehicle fleeing police pursuit slams into PACE bus, leaving 11 hurt 
A vehicle fleeing a suburban Blue Island police stop slammed into a PACE bus in Chicago, leaving at least 11 people injured. 
Confirmation Bias
0%
Anchoring Bias
0%
Availability Heuristic
15.5%
Representativeness Heuristic
8.6%
Hindsight Bias
0%
Overconfidence Bias
0%
Framing Effect
10.9%
Loss Aversion
0%
Status Quo Bias
0%
Sunk Cost Effect
0%
Optimism Bias
0%
Pessimism Bias
0%
Negativity Bias
11.8%
Self-Serving Bias
0%
Fundamental Attribution Error
0%
Actor-Observer Bias
0%
In-Group Bias
0%
Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%
Halo Effect
0%
Horn Effect
0%
Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%
Recency Bias
0%
Primacy Effect
0%
Blind-Spot Bias
0%
Ad Hominem
0%
Straw Man
0%
Appeal to Authority
0%
False Dilemma
0%
Slippery Slope
0%
Circular Reasoning
0%
Hasty Generalization
20.9%
Red Herring
0%
Bandwagon
0%
Appeal to Emotion
6.8%
Begging the Question
0%
Post Hoc (False Cause)
25.5%
Tu Quoque
0%
Burden of Proof
0%
Appeal to Nature
0%
Composition/Division
0%
Anecdotal
21.4%
No True Scotsman
0%
Ambiguity (Equivocation)
5%
Gambler’s Fallacy
0%
Middle Ground
0%
Personal Incredulity
0%
Special Pleading
0%
Genetic Fallacy
0%
Unattributed Quote
0%
Quote-first Misdirection
6.8%
Biased Writer Voice
5.5%
Indoctrination
0%
Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%
Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%
Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
0%

220 words analyzed.

Analysis

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