Keyword summary
56%21 analyzed articles/videos23,610 analyzed words
BS Summary: These American History results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Appeal to Emotion, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 13.4% saturation with 14,074 hits. Analysis detected 112,621 faulty-reasoning hits from 105,098 analyzed words across 21 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 24% (27,137 of 35,675 keywords). This American History is better (less manipulative) than 76.10% of the peer group.
American History

Ranking context

Position among analyzed keywords

24% percentile
025507510023.9% percentile
2.0% BS Score21 analyzed articles105.1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

KeywordSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Keyword 6.0%6.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Keyword 8.9%8.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Keyword 6.6%6.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Keyword 13.4%13.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Keyword 3.8%3.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Keyword 2.2%2.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Keyword 1.6%1.6%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Keyword 4.1%4.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Keyword 3.8%3.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Keyword 3.2%3.2%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Keyword 6.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Keyword 8.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 6.6%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 13.4%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Keyword 3.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Keyword 2.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Keyword 8.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Keyword 3.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Keyword 3.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Keyword 3.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Keyword 1.6%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Keyword 1.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Keyword 1.2%, sitewide 4.6%Indoctrination: Keyword 4.1%, sitewide 0.0%Anchoring Bias: Keyword 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Keyword 3.8%, sitewide 1.4%Self-Serving Bias: Keyword 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Unattributed Quote: Keyword 3.5%, sitewide 1.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Keyword 2.4%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Keyword 1.6%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Keyword 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%False Dilemma: Keyword 2.7%, sitewide 1.5%Recency Bias: Keyword 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Keyword 2.6%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateKeyword rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Memorial to Burge torture victims is about acknowledging pain, healing13%
Chicago Sun-Times35%By Natalie Y. Moore0%7/24/2026, 11:00:00 AM
The Charlie Kirk Killing and America’s Forgotten History of Left-Wing Terror100%
The Free Press74%By Coleman Hughes89%7/20/2026, 9:01:12 AM
Smithsonian’s First Black Chief Pushes Back on Everything Trump Said88%
The New Republic71%By Malcolm Ferguson68%7/10/2026, 4:55:26 PM
The UFC Cage Match Theory of Democracy42%
Washington Monthly51%By Christoph Irmscher0%7/8/2026, 9:00:00 AM
This White House doesn’t understand how to love America. The Smithsonian does.85%
MS NOW95%By Hayes Brown0%7/7/2026, 10:00:00 AM
WH report: Smithsonian leadership guilty of ‘extreme political activism’87%
One America News Network0%By OAN Staff Lillian Mann0%7/6/2026, 6:00:39 PM
Spencer Pratt blasts Mamdani’s July 4 speech: ‘Communists always start with the bad memories’75%
Washington Examiner73%By Kiara Moore61%7/5/2026, 9:43:50 PM
Trump to speak at Salute To America Celebration19%
One America News Network0%By OAN Staff Katherine Mosack0%7/4/2026, 3:07:05 PM
The Horrifying Lessons of 250 Years of American History52%
The Intercept81%By Nick Turse66%7/4/2026, 9:44:00 AM
5 Myths About American Independence25%
Newsweek33%By Newsweek Editors30%7/4/2026, 9:00:00 AM