Keyword summary
71%18 analyzed articles/videos11,679 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Kansas Legislature results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Hasty Generalization, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 12.2% saturation with 6,628 hits. Analysis detected 49,155 faulty-reasoning hits from 54,255 analyzed words across 18 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 15% (32,084 of 37,536 keywords). This Kansas Legislature is better (less manipulative) than 85.50% of the peer group.
Kansas Legislature

Ranking context

Position among analyzed keywords

15% percentile
025507510014.5% percentile
1.7% BS Score18 analyzed articles54.3K 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 12.2%12.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Keyword 9.7%9.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Keyword 2.6%2.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Keyword 8.6%8.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Keyword 0.8%0.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Keyword 3.6%3.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Keyword 2.5%2.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Keyword 2.4%2.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Keyword 4.0%4.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Keyword 1.2%1.2%

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 12.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Keyword 9.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 8.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Keyword 2.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Keyword 3.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Keyword 4.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Keyword 2.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Keyword 2.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Keyword 0.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Keyword 2.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 2.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Keyword 3.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Keyword 1.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Keyword 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Keyword 2.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Keyword 1.7%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Keyword 1.0%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Keyword 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Keyword 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Keyword 1.5%, sitewide 2.5%Slippery Slope: Keyword 2.5%, sitewide 1.7%Pessimism Bias: Keyword 2.4%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Keyword 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Keyword 1.6%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateKeyword rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Kansas judge temporarily blocks election law repealing 3-day grace period for mail-in ballots26%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR57%By Tim Carpenter72%7/16/2026, 12:55:27 PM
Despite World Cup enthusiasm, Lawrence bars say 23-hour alcohol service ‘just doesn't make sense’13%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR57%By Grant Schere0% Issis Banks0%7/2/2026, 1:00:00 AM
Kansas GOP candidates for governor denounce fraud and argue about Chiefs in forum58%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR57%By Tim Carpenter72%6/19/2026, 11:08:31 AM
Undocumented Kansas high school graduates find themselves increasingly targeted32%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR57%By Mary Sanchez0%6/11/2026, 2:00:00 AM
Wyandotte County wants more say over Chiefs stadium authority. Kansas lawmakers push back13%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR57%By Josh Merchant0%6/8/2026, 2:00:00 AM
Kansas allows bars to run nearly 24/7 during World Cup, but most of Johnson County won't join8%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR57%By Kate Mays0%5/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
Kansas Regents look to change state college policies to comply with anti-diversity mandates7%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR57%By Daniel Caudill13%5/21/2026, 2:00:00 AM
Kansas lawmakers didn't give court employees a raise this year. So the chief justice did it instead
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR57%By Tim Carpenter72%5/17/2026, 2:00:00 AM
Gov. Laura Kelly vetoes Kansas property tax relief plan as lawmakers’ efforts falter again63%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR57%By Blaise Mesa0%4/29/2026, 2:00:00 AM
What the Kansas Legislature did — and didn't do — this session13%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR57%By Nomin Ujiyediin0% Byron J. Love0%4/21/2026, 9:00:00 PM