Do you know Cleveland’s oldest summer festival? Take Signal’s weekly news quiz 12%

By Signal Cleveland Staff5%

7/30/2026, 9:00:00 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 15 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Halo Effect, and Optimism Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 19.9% saturation with 91 hits. Analysis detected 393 faulty-reasoning hits from 457 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 23% and a BS Rank of 12% (23,995 of 27,201 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 88.20% of the article peer group.

It’s the end of July, and Cleveland summer is in full swing. 
Between outdoor patio hangs, lakefront sunsets and neighborhood block parties, this is the time of year when the city’s energy is at its absolute best. 
Everyone is trying to squeeze every last drop of sunshine out of these midsummer days. 
This week’s headlines showcase the grit, community spirit and big moves happening across Greater Cleveland. 
We’re looking at everything from longstanding neighborhood traditions and resourceful local hustles to major new community investments and international trade trips. 
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Quiz. 
#1 What is Cleveland’s oldest continuously held summer neighborhood festival? 
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The Feast of the Assumption (Little Italy) 
Greek Cultural Festival (Tremont) 
St. 
Malachi Church Run & Festival (Near West Side) 
#2 In which Cleveland neighborhood is Cuyahoga County’s new $24 million mental health and addiction crisis center opening this September? 
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#3 What did one Cleveland family sell at a busy intersection to survive July’s heat wave? 
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Cold drinks like water, iced tea, and Pepsi 
Popsicles and ice cream sandwiches 
Handheld battery-powered fans 
#4 Which country did Mayor Justin Bibb recently visit to promote Cleveland to aerospace and defense companies? 
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Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 3.3%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.3%Signal Cleveland: 0.8%Confirmation Bias3.3%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.6%Signal Cleveland: 0.4%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.0%Signal Cleveland: 0.7%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.0%Signal Cleveland: 0.3%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.0%Signal Cleveland: 0.1%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 3.9%Signal Cleveland Staff: 2.2%Signal Cleveland: 0.5%Overconfidence Bias3.9%This article: 0.9%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.7%Signal Cleveland: 1.2%Framing Effect0.9%This article: 2.6%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.8%Signal Cleveland: 0.5%Loss Aversion2.6%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.7%Signal Cleveland: 0.2%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.0%Signal Cleveland: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 5.5%Signal Cleveland Staff: 1.5%Signal Cleveland: 1.3%Optimism Bias5.5%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.0%Signal Cleveland: 1.0%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.4%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.7%Signal Cleveland: 1.5%Negativity Bias0.4%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.0%Signal Cleveland: 0.7%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.0%Signal Cleveland: 0.2%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.0%Signal Cleveland: 0.0%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 2.4%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.3%Signal Cleveland: 0.2%In-Group Bias2.4%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.0%Signal Cleveland: 0.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 10.5%Signal Cleveland Staff: 1.1%Signal Cleveland: 0.5%Halo Effect10.5%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.0%Signal Cleveland: 0.0%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.0%Signal Cleveland: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.0%Signal Cleveland: 0.2%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.0%Signal Cleveland: 0.0%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.0%Signal Cleveland: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.0%Signal Cleveland: 0.0%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.0%Signal Cleveland: 0.0%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.6%Signal Cleveland: 1.0%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.5%Signal Cleveland: 0.4%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.0%Signal Cleveland: 0.0%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.0%Signal Cleveland: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 3.3%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.3%Signal Cleveland: 0.7%Hasty Generalization3.3%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.0%Signal Cleveland: 0.0%Red Herring0.0%This article: 4.4%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.9%Signal Cleveland: 0.1%Bandwagon4.4%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.2%Signal Cleveland: 0.6%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.0%Signal Cleveland: 0.1%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.0%Signal Cleveland: 0.6%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.0%Signal Cleveland: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.0%Signal Cleveland: 0.2%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.0%Signal Cleveland: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.0%Signal Cleveland: 0.0%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 5.5%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.6%Signal Cleveland: 0.8%Anecdotal5.5%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.0%Signal Cleveland: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.6%Signal Cleveland: 0.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.0%Signal Cleveland: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.0%Signal Cleveland: 0.0%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.0%Signal Cleveland: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.0%Signal Cleveland: 0.0%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.0%Signal Cleveland: 0.0%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 5.5%Signal Cleveland Staff: 1.2%Signal Cleveland: 0.3%Unattributed Quote5.5%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.0%Signal Cleveland: 0.0%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 19.9%Signal Cleveland Staff: 4.4%Signal Cleveland: 1.2%Biased Writer Voice19.9%This article: 2.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.2%Signal Cleveland: 0.7%Indoctrination2.0%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.0%Signal Cleveland: 0.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 0.0%Signal Cleveland: 0.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 16.0%Signal Cleveland Staff: 3.6%Signal Cleveland: 0.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…16.0%

457 words analyzed.

Speakers

1speaker4.8%attributed speech435writer words
Selected voice

Signal Cleveland

100%flagged-word coverage
22 attributed words100% of attributed speech40% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Attempt to Sell a Product +88.3 ptsWriter: 11.7%Signal Cleveland: 100.0%100.0%Biased Writer Voice+84.1 ptsWriter: 15.9%Signal Cleveland: 100.0%100.0%Unattributed Quote-5.7 ptsWriter: 5.7%Signal Cleveland: 0.0%0.0%Indoctrination-2.1 ptsWriter: 2.1%Signal Cleveland: 0.0%0.0%

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

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Analysis

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