Vermont singer protests Trump using his song 22%

By Timothy Page28%

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 22% (21,120 of 26,881 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 78.60% 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. 
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187 words analyzed.

Speakers

3speakers38%attributed speech116writer words
Selected voice

Noah Kahn

100%flagged-word coverage
22 attributed words31% of attributed speech66% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Unattributed Quote+100.0 ptsWriter: 0.0%Noah Kahn: 100.0%100.0%Quote-first Misdirection+100.0 ptsWriter: 0.0%Noah Kahn: 100.0%100.0%Biased Writer Voice-21.6 ptsWriter: 21.6%Noah Kahn: 0.0%0.0%

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

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