BS Summary: This article contains 7 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Biased Writer Voice, and Loss Aversion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 12.8% saturation with 94 hits. Analysis detected 248 faulty-reasoning hits from 736 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 8.4% and a BS Rank of 2% (25,930 of 26,447 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 98.00% of the article peer group.

CHICAGO  Lollapalooza is upon us after Chicago survived yet another round of major storms at the start of the week. 
Here’s what Block Club reporters and photographers captured while covering the city’s neighborhoods this week: 
Fire shoots from the top of the stage during John Summit’s set at the Bud Light stage on day one of Lollapalooza in Grant Park on July 30, 2026. 
Credit: Giacomo Cain/Block Club Chicago 
Sombr performs during the first day of Lollapalooza at Grant Park on July 30, 2026. 
Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago 
Robertanthony Cruz (15) does a backflip while being introduced as the Savannah Bananas play The Firefighters at Wrigley Field on July 24, 2026, as part of the Banana Ball World Tour. 
Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago 
Fans do the wave as the Savannah Bananas play The Firefighters at Wrigley Field on July 24, 2026 as part of the Banana Ball World Tour. 
Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago 
Dark skies, rain and stormy weather is seen in Edgewater during a thunderstorm warning on July 27, 2026. 
Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago 
A downed tree in front of a home near 98th and Bell in Beverly after a storm on July 27, 2026. 
Credit: Jim Lynch/Block Club Chicago 
Cars splash through standing water on a flooded Montrose Avenue in Uptown after a thunderstorm warning on July 27, 2026. 
Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago 
Englewood rapper Lil M.U. headlined at the From the ‘Go Fest on July 18. 
Credit: Mark Braboy for Block Club Chicago 
Englewood rapper Lil M.U. greets fans at the From the ‘Go Fest on July 18. 
Credit: Mark Braboy/Block Club Chicago 
Forest Preserves fisheries science technician Michael Feldmann inspects plants growing on a floating garden at Schiller Pond in the O’Hare neighborhood on July 23, 2026. 
Credit: Giacomo Cain/Block Club Chicago 
Forest Preserves intern Arianna Marquez drops an invasive carp into a bucket on Schiller Pond in the O’Hare neighborhood on July 23, 2026. 
Credit: Giacomo Cain/Block Club Chicago 
Blue oyster mushrooms grow in an incubation room at Four Star Mushrooms in West Loop on July 22, 2026. 
Credit: Giacomo Cain/Block Club Chicago 
Chef Wook Kang explains mushroom preparation to visitors during a tour of Four Star Mushrooms in the West Loop on July 22, 2026. 
Credit: Giacomo Cain/Block Club Chicago 
A team of friends and bystanders attempt to dislodge the ‘Sea No Evil’ from the sand of North Avenue Beach. 
July 30, 2026. 
Credit: Charles Thrush/Block Club Chicago 
The motorboat Sea No Evil sits stranded on the shore of North Avenue Beach on July 29, 2026. 
Credit: Giacomo Cain/Block Club Chicago 
A traffic control aide with the Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications directs traffic at the intersection of Roosevelt Road and South Michigan Avenue on June 27, 2026. 
Credit: Heidi Zeiger for Block Club Chicago 
Chris Classick sits in his studio in West Town on July 28, 2026. 
Credit: Giacomo Cain/Block Club Chicago 
The Wacker House at 1838 N. 
Lincoln Park West has undergone extensive exterior alterations in recent years, prompting preservationists to call for stronger city enforcement of landmark rules. 
Credit: Patrick Filbin/Block Club Chicago 
The 22nd floor of the soon-to-be converted 500 N. 
Michigan Ave. in Mag Mile on July 29, 2026. 
Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago 
Diana stands at River Park in Chicago on July 17, 2026. 
Credit: Giacomo Cain/Block Club Chicago 
Cars drive past 111th Street and Campbell Avenue on July 28, 2026. 
Parents and staff at nearby St. 
Cajetan Elementary School have asked Ald. 
Matt O’Shea to look at adding a potential speed camera near the intersection. 
Credit: Jim Lynch/Block Club Chicago 
State lawmakers speak on their efforts to hold federal agents accountable at a press conference in Chicago on July 29, 2026. 
Credit: Francia Garcia Hernandez/Block Club Chicago 
Cafe Gimme owners Joe and Courtney Gryzik at their Bucktown location on July 28, 2026. 
Credit: Quinn Myers/Block Club Chicago 
A customer exits the Save A Lot store at 832 W. 63rd St. in Englewood on its last day in business, Saturday, July 25, 2026. 
Credit: Alexandra Murphy for Block Club Chicago 
Weiss Memorial Hospital in Uptown on July 27, 2026. 
Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago 
A Chicago Build Better Together sign placed along the 9800 block of South Western Avenue in Evergreen Park as seen on July 29, 2026. 
Credit: Jim Lynch/Block Club Chicago 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.0%Block Club Chicago: 1.5%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.0%Block Club Chicago: 0.4%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 1.0%Block Club Chicago: 2.1%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.8%Block Club Chicago: 0.5%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.0%Block Club Chicago: 0.3%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.0%Block Club Chicago: 0.7%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.8%Block Club Chicago: 2.5%Framing Effect0.0%This article: 3.4%Colin Boyle: 0.4%Block Club Chicago: 0.6%Loss Aversion3.4%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.4%Block Club Chicago: 0.4%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.0%Block Club Chicago: 0.3%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.5%Block Club Chicago: 3.3%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.0%Block Club Chicago: 0.5%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 12.8%Colin Boyle: 1.0%Block Club Chicago: 3.9%Negativity Bias12.8%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.3%Block Club Chicago: 1.4%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.0%Block Club Chicago: 0.4%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.2%Block Club Chicago: 0.1%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 1.5%Block Club Chicago: 1.1%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.0%Block Club Chicago: 0.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 7.2%Block Club Chicago: 3.3%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.0%Block Club Chicago: 0.0%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.0%Block Club Chicago: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 2.9%Colin Boyle: 0.9%Block Club Chicago: 0.9%Recency Bias2.9%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.1%Block Club Chicago: 0.2%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.0%Block Club Chicago: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.0%Block Club Chicago: 0.3%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.0%Block Club Chicago: 0.0%Straw Man0.0%This article: 6.0%Colin Boyle: 0.4%Block Club Chicago: 1.6%Appeal to Authority6.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.0%Block Club Chicago: 0.5%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.0%Block Club Chicago: 0.1%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.0%Block Club Chicago: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 1.4%Block Club Chicago: 2.0%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.0%Block Club Chicago: 0.1%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.0%Block Club Chicago: 0.6%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.7%Block Club Chicago: 3.5%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.0%Block Club Chicago: 0.3%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.5%Block Club Chicago: 1.4%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.0%Block Club Chicago: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.0%Block Club Chicago: 0.2%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.0%Block Club Chicago: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.6%Block Club Chicago: 0.1%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 2.7%Colin Boyle: 1.7%Block Club Chicago: 2.4%Anecdotal2.7%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.0%Block Club Chicago: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.4%Block Club Chicago: 0.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.0%Block Club Chicago: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.0%Block Club Chicago: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.0%Block Club Chicago: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.0%Block Club Chicago: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.0%Block Club Chicago: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.1%Block Club Chicago: 1.0%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.5%Block Club Chicago: 0.6%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 3.9%Colin Boyle: 0.4%Block Club Chicago: 1.2%Biased Writer Voice3.9%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.1%Block Club Chicago: 0.8%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.0%Block Club Chicago: 0.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Colin Boyle: 0.0%Block Club Chicago: 0.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 2.0%Colin Boyle: 1.0%Block Club Chicago: 2.8%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…2.0%

736 words analyzed.

Speakers

11speakers20%attributed speech586writer words
Selected voice

Giacomo Cain

0%flagged-word coverage
40 attributed words27% of attributed speech42% writer coverage
0%2.5%5.0%Biased Writer Voice-4.9 ptsWriter: 4.9%Giacomo Cain: 0.0%0.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -2.6 ptsWriter: 2.6%Giacomo Cain: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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