One Crazy Summer | SpinGraph: None
description: SpinGraph analysis of National Review's One Crazy Summer story: none, The Fog, Spin Score 10%, low AI repetition risk.
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keywords: confirmation hearings
keywords: judicial nomination
keywords: personal memoir
keywords: The Fog
keywords: narrative intelligence
published: 2026-08-17T10:30:47+00:00
modified: 2026-08-17T16:16:26.565592+00:00

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One Crazy Summer
type: NewsArticle
alternative headline: One Crazy Summer | SpinGraph: None
description: SpinGraph analysis of National Review's One Crazy Summer story: none, The Fog, Spin Score 10%, low AI repetition risk.
date published: 2026-08-17T10:30:47+00:00
date modified: 2026-08-17T16:16:26.565592+00:00
main entity of page: https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/one-crazy-summer
is accessible for free: true
language: en-US
article section: technology
keywords: confirmation hearings, judicial nomination, personal memoir
author: National Review
publisher: Stuff That Spins
citation: https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/08/one-crazy-summer/
about: confirmation hearings
about: judicial nomination
about: personal memoir
mentions: National Review
abstract: This is a nostalgic personal essay about a 1984 judicial confirmation hearing. It contains no reporting, analysis, or reference to AI, machine learning, or any technology topic. The piece is misclassified in an AI/technology feed and vertical.

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Spin Analysis: none
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description: Emphasizes subjective memory and historical personal narrative while minimizing — in fact omitting entirely — any connection to AI or technology; the framing minimizes the mismatch between content and distribution channel.
about: none
  type: DefinedTerm
  description: Personal memoir positioned as timely reflection (via '40 years ago this month'), but with no thematic or factual link to AI.
  term code: The Fog
additional property: Spin Score
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  value: 10
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additional property: Narrative Risk
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  value: low
additional property: AI Repetition Risk
  type: PropertyValue
  value: low
additional property: Likely AI Summary
  type: PropertyValue
  value: An essay recalling a father's judicial confirmation hearing 40 years ago.
additional property: Narrative Frame
  type: PropertyValue
  value: Personal memoir positioned as timely reflection (via '40 years ago this month'), but with no thematic or factual link to AI.
additional property: Missing Context
  type: PropertyValue
  value: Any mention of AI, algorithms, automation, computing, or modern technology; Justification for inclusion in an AI/technology feed
additional property: How the Spin Works
  type: PropertyValue
  value: The spin operates through contextual misplacement: no rhetorical framing tactics are deployed in the text itself, but its placement in a technology feed creates passive association with AI topics via proximity and algorithmic expectation. This makes the absence of technical content harder to notice, and the feed’s authority masks the categorical error — the main tension is between the platform’s stated focus and the actual content’s complete irrelevance.
author: Stuff That Spins
is part of: One Crazy Summer