Keyword summary
63%156 analyzed articles/videos84,937 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Senate results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11% saturation with 48,896 hits. Analysis detected 448,333 faulty-reasoning hits from 446,193 analyzed words across 156 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 20% (28,126 of 34,832 keywords). This Senate is better (less manipulative) than 80.70% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed keywords

19% percentile
025507510019.3% percentile
1.9% BS Score156 analyzed articles446.2K 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 9.3%9.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Keyword 6.3%6.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Keyword 11.0%11.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Keyword 2.8%2.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Keyword 2.6%2.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Keyword 10.8%10.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Keyword 1.7%1.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Keyword 1.6%1.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Keyword 2.4%2.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Keyword 3.6%3.6%

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 9.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Keyword 11.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 6.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Keyword 2.8%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 10.8%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Keyword 2.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Keyword 5.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Keyword 3.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Keyword 2.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Keyword 1.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Keyword 1.6%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Keyword 1.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Keyword 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Keyword 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Keyword 3.8%, sitewide 1.4%Self-Serving Bias: Keyword 1.8%, sitewide 3.7%Ad Hominem: Keyword 3.4%, sitewide 2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Keyword 2.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Keyword 0.9%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Keyword 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Keyword 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Keyword 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateKeyword rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Is Mitch McConnell Alive? Three Questions That Could Finally Force Answers30%
Newsweek32%By Hugh Cameron43%7/23/2026, 9:00:00 AM
Government Spending Bill Heads To The Senate After Passing In The House, Mostly Along Party Lines71%
NewsOne94%By Zack Linly74%7/22/2026, 3:47:13 PM
Government Spending Bill Heads To The Senate After Passing In The House, Mostly Along Party Lines75%
93.9 WKYS95%By Zack Linly74%7/22/2026, 3:47:13 PM
House passes stopgap funding bill42%
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette23%By JARRELL DILLARD17% MARIANA ALFAROAND BEN BINDAY THE WASHINGTON POST54%7/22/2026, 9:00:00 AM
The Graham Conspiracy99%
The Dispatch27%By Nick Catoggio22%7/21/2026, 9:55:36 PM
Fox News Power Rankings: Voters say they’re in economic pain, but will Democrats gain?60%
Fox News88%7/21/2026, 1:00:13 PM
‘Logger’ and ‘North Woods’ Maine U.S. Senate Candidate Is Also Political Operative of Boston-Based Labor Union56%
Washington Free Beacon89%By Ira Stoll79%7/21/2026, 9:00:38 AM
Blood on the U.S. Senate Floor66%
Washington Monthly51%By Paul Finkelman83%7/21/2026, 9:00:00 AM
Democrats resist Trump's push to add Iran to bipartisan Russia sanctions bill61%
Washington Examiner73%By Ramsey Touchberry86%7/21/2026, 12:24:22 AM
Houston trafficking suspect linked by prosecutors to three homicide investigations39%
Houston Chronicle14%By Tanya Babbar13% John Wayne Ferguson11%7/20/2026, 10:34:01 PM