Keyword summary
37%11 analyzed articles/videos5,608 analyzed words
BS Summary: These U.s. Department Of Defense results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.7% saturation with 2,767 hits. Analysis detected 20,761 faulty-reasoning hits from 31,636 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 5% (34,286 of 35,771 keywords). This U.s. Department Of Defense is better (less manipulative) than 95.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed keywords

4% percentile
02550751004.2% percentile
1.3% BS Score11 analyzed articles31.6K 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 8.6%8.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Keyword 8.8%8.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Keyword 6.1%6.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Keyword 1.7%1.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Keyword 4.6%4.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Keyword 0.7%0.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Keyword 2.3%2.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Keyword 1.6%1.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Keyword 2.5%2.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%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 8.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Keyword 8.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 6.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Keyword 4.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Keyword 1.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Keyword 2.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Keyword 2.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Keyword 1.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Keyword 0.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Keyword 1.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 2.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Keyword 0.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Keyword 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Keyword 1.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Keyword 2.4%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Keyword 0.7%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Keyword 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Keyword 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Keyword 0.1%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Keyword 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Keyword 2.2%, sitewide 0.8%Unattributed Quote: Keyword 2.0%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateKeyword rate

Analyzed articles and videos

House votes for Department of War renaming as part of an annual defense bill31%
AP News53%By KEVIN FREKING38%7/22/2026, 8:41:06 PM
Hegseth estimates Iran war has cost $37.5 billion as he defends funding request at fiery hearing44%
AP News53%By LISA MASCARO54%7/21/2026, 5:55:59 PM
National Guard deployment to DC will last through Trump’s term68%
AP News53%By BEN FINLEY38%7/16/2026, 10:01:00 PM
Hegseth announces new policy to test troops for low testosterone39%
AP News53%By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN68% MATTHEW PERRONE0%7/15/2026, 6:43:37 PM
As the Pentagon stays quiet, AP reconstructs a US strike that killed over 100 Iranian children34%
AP News53%By JULIA FRANKEL0%7/1/2026, 4:01:22 AM
Pentagon chief’s review appears out of step with what NATO allies are already doing26%
AP News53%By LORNE COOK0%6/19/2026, 10:46:59 AM
Pentagon chief lashes out at NATO allies and announces a review of US forces in Europe43%
AP News53%By LORNE COOK0%6/18/2026, 6:55:23 AM
Defense Dept. updates faith traditions list after Mike Lee, John Curtis complaints15%
KUER0%By Associated Press60% KUER News0%6/8/2026, 7:52:17 PM
Pentagon halts deployments to Poland and Germany to cut troop numbers in Europe, AP sources say45%
AP News53%By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN68% EMMA BURROWS0% BEN FINLEY38% CLAUDIA CIOBANU0%5/15/2026, 5:38:26 PM
Trump says US will reduce number of troops in Germany ‘a lot further’ than withdrawal of 5,00045%
AP News53%By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER0% EMMA BURROWS0% AAMER MADHANI69%5/2/2026, 2:33:11 PM