Keyword summary
77%89 analyzed articles/videos56,077 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Midterm Elections results contain 55 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 10.9% saturation with 30,612 hits. Analysis detected 265,112 faulty-reasoning hits from 279,814 analyzed words across 88 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 15% (31,745 of 37,316 keywords). This Midterm Elections is better (less manipulative) than 85.10% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed keywords

15% percentile
025507510014.9% percentile
1.7% BS Score88 analyzed articles279.8K 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 10.9%10.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Keyword 6.2%6.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Keyword 10.1%10.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Keyword 2.8%2.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Keyword 2.6%2.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Keyword 1.3%1.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Keyword 2.1%2.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Keyword 3.7%3.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Keyword 2.2%2.2%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Keyword 1.6%1.6%

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 10.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Keyword 10.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 6.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Keyword 2.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Keyword 2.6%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 8.5%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Keyword 4.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Keyword 3.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Keyword 2.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Keyword 1.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Keyword 2.2%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Keyword 1.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Keyword 2.1%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Keyword 1.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Keyword 2.7%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Keyword 0.8%, sitewide 3.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Keyword 3.1%, sitewide 2.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Keyword 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Keyword 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Keyword 2.4%, sitewide 1.9%Ad Hominem: Keyword 2.4%, sitewide 2.2%Bandwagon: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateKeyword rate

Analyzed articles and videos

In Michigan, the price of energy is on the ballot and both parties know it18%
Grist28%By Marcus Baram0% Capital62% Main62%7/25/2026, 1:00:00 PM
Erika Kirk’s TPUSA Tour Lands in Kirkland Today82%
The Stranger85%By Kate Burns96%7/24/2026, 8:15:00 PM
4 Years After Roe Was Overturned, Public Opinion on Abortion Has Shifted25%
Truthout74%By Laurel Elder23% Mary-Kate Lizotte23% Steven Greene23%7/24/2026, 6:24:08 PM
Framing…1%
2026 Voter Guide: Who's running in the midterm elections?1%
San Antonio Report5%By San Antonio Report Staff0%7/24/2026, 6:18:00 PM
‘His patience is running out’: Team Trump intensifies fight against GOP’s John Thune77%
MS NOW95%By Steve Benen95%7/24/2026, 1:02:15 PM
Federal judges allow new Tennessee congressional map9%
ABC News22%By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press0% HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press8%7/23/2026, 11:59:17 PM
Transcript: GOPers Quietly Fear It’s All Falling Apart for Trump65%
The New Republic72%By The Daily Blast68% Greg Sargent73%7/23/2026, 10:41:36 AM
Government Spending Bill Heads To The Senate After Passing In The House, Mostly Along Party Lines75%
93.9 WKYS96%By Zack Linly78%7/22/2026, 3:47:13 PM
House passes bill to fund the government through midterm elections57%
UPI.com66%By Lisa Hornung72%7/22/2026, 1:38:33 PM
The Latest: House adopts $95 billion budget proposal to fund Iran war and other Trump priorities11%
AP News54%By The Associated Press63%7/22/2026, 1:04:17 PM