Keyword summary
51%14 analyzed articles/videos9,402 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Kidnapping results contain 47 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Appeal to Authority, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 17.7% saturation with 5,499 hits. Analysis detected 29,850 faulty-reasoning hits from 31,069 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 27% (27,746 of 37,536 keywords). This Kidnapping is better (less manipulative) than 73.90% of the peer group.
Kidnapping

Ranking context

Position among analyzed keywords

26% percentile
025507510026.1% percentile
2.0% BS Score14 analyzed articles31.1K 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 17.7%17.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Keyword 1.9%1.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Keyword 5.2%5.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Keyword 1.1%1.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Keyword 4.5%4.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Keyword 3.1%3.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Keyword 2.5%2.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Keyword 1.2%1.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Keyword 2.2%2.2%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%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 17.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Keyword 17.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 13.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Keyword 5.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Keyword 4.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Keyword 1.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Keyword 3.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Keyword 4.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Keyword 2.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Keyword 1.1%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 2.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Keyword 3.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Keyword 1.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Keyword 1.2%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Keyword 1.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Keyword 2.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Keyword 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Keyword 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Keyword 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Keyword 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Keyword 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Keyword 1.7%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateKeyword rate

Analyzed articles and videos

2 more convictions thrown out in 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan governor9%
ABC News22%By The Associated Press63%7/20/2026, 2:55:32 PM
Forest Service workers taken hostage, held at gunpoint in remote NorCal trailer, feds say28%
Los Angeles Times78%By Clara Harter64%7/17/2026, 5:45:41 PM
Two U.S. Forest Service employees rescued after being zip-tied and held hostage at gunpoint2%
NBC News35%By Marlene Lenthang2%7/17/2026, 4:54:11 PM
2 Dorchester women charged in alleged human trafficking scheme3%
Boston.com19%By Samantha Genzer10%7/13/2026, 5:00:00 PM
'My body carried me,' Elizabeth Smart says. Now she's celebrating it17%
NPR84%By Windsor Johnston0%5/25/2026, 2:00:00 AM
She sent her son to a Missouri boarding school in handcuffs. Now she'll serve prison time51%
STLPR0%By Luke Nozicka0%5/8/2026, 11:48:52 AM
Negativ…15%Appeal …10%
She sent her son to a Missouri boarding school in handcuffs. Now she'll serve prison time8%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR57%By Luke Nozicka0%5/8/2026, 1:00:00 AM
Jurors sob as murdered 7-year-old Athena Strand’s final moments are played in court: ‘Are you a kidnapper?’0%
The Independent68%By Josh Marcus57%4/16/2026, 3:15:29 PM
'There is a feeling of the greatest outrage': The mystery of stolen champion racehorse Shergar86%
BBC0%By Greg McKevitt0%2/16/2026, 3:00:00 AM
FBI releases photos of masked person at Nancy Guthrie’s front door in kidnapping case82%
Los Angeles Times78%By Richard Winton78% Hannah Fry49%2/10/2026, 10:05:54 AM