Vermont singer protests Trump using his song 20%

By Timothy Page22%

7/31/2026, 7:28:21 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 11 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Biased Writer Voice, and In-Group Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 18.7% saturation with 35 hits. Analysis detected 247 faulty-reasoning hits from 187 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 30.1% and a BS Rank of 20% (20,215 of 25,189 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 80.30% of the article peer group.

White House strikes a sour note with Green Mountain State performer 
By Ted Cohen 
A Grammy-nominated artist from Vermont is none too happy with his president’s musical taste. 
After Trump used one of Noah Kahn’s songs to promote a video, the Strafford, Vermont native complained to the White House. 
“Would never approve of my music being used in support of you or this administration,” Kahn posted on Trump’s social media accounts. 
Trump used Kahn's track “American Cars” as the audio for a recent video posted on the POTUS and White House Instagram and TikTok accounts, according to The Hollywood Reporter. 
After Kahn complained, a presidential assistant wrote on X, “Symptoms of TDS apparently include having a northern attitude,” referencing Kahan’s hit song “Northern Attitude.” 
Kahn’s breakthrough single, "Hurt Somebody,” achieved gold status in the U.S. and charted in multiple international markets, according to Wiki. 
Kahan was born in Strafford and grew up on a tree farm. 
His father taught him guitar and his mother writing. 
He married fellow Vermonter Brenna Nolan last year and they live in their home state. 
Confirmation Bias
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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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Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
3.7%
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
7.5%
Negativity Bias
18.7%
Self-Serving Bias
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Fundamental Attribution Error
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Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
12.8%
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
12.8%
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)
11.2%
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)
12.8%
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
11.8%
Quote-first Misdirection
11.8%
Biased Writer Voice
13.4%
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
15.5%

187 words analyzed.

Analysis

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