Keyword summary
70%26 analyzed articles/videos20,116 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Vermont results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.3% saturation with 8,677 hits. Analysis detected 65,807 faulty-reasoning hits from 84,647 analyzed words across 26 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 7% (32,558 of 34,833 keywords). This Vermont is better (less manipulative) than 93.50% of the peer group.
Vermont

Ranking context

Position among analyzed keywords

7% percentile
02550751006.5% percentile
1.4% BS Score26 analyzed articles84.6K 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 7.8%7.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Keyword 5.4%5.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Keyword 10.3%10.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Keyword 3.7%3.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Keyword 1.1%1.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Keyword 3.7%3.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Keyword 2.5%2.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Keyword 1.9%1.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Keyword 3.8%3.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Keyword 1.3%1.3%

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 7.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Keyword 10.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 5.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Keyword 3.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Keyword 3.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Keyword 3.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Keyword 2.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Keyword 1.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Keyword 1.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Keyword 3.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 2.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Keyword 2.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Keyword 1.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Keyword 1.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Keyword 1.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Keyword 2.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Keyword 0.7%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Keyword 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Keyword 2.6%, sitewide 1.9%Loss Aversion: Keyword 1.1%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Keyword 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Keyword 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Keyword 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateKeyword rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Scientists confirm rare 'parasite-like' cancer in bullhead catfish from Lake Memphremagog30%
WBUR News5%By Abagael Giles39% Vermont Public39%7/23/2026, 6:55:54 AM
Is it safe to eat lettuce? Upper Valley experts answer key questions on cyclosporiasis outbreak20%
VTDigger19%By Valley News9%7/22/2026, 10:26:14 PM
Vermont Conversation: ‘I’m sorry that this isn’t what we promised.’ Immigration attorney Jill Martin Diaz on fear and hope in Vermont’s immigrant community69%
VTDigger19%By David Goodman91%7/22/2026, 9:01:53 PM
Inside a botched ICE raid in Vermont, based on review of 130 hours of body cam footage19%
WBUR News5%By Vermont Public Staff0%7/22/2026, 6:15:00 AM
Vermont officials concerned as White House announces 50% tariffs on some Canadian products45%
VTDigger19%By Theo Wells-Spackman67%7/21/2026, 10:21:49 PM
Represe…5%Framing…8%Hasty G…7%Quote-f…7%
Judge denies bid by suspect’s lawyers in border patrol agent killing to change records screening process10%
VTDigger19%By Alan J. Keays2%7/21/2026, 9:49:39 PM
Vermont is not in trouble. Vermonters are.68%
VTDigger19%By Bob Stannard85%7/21/2026, 8:58:42 PM
Double the limit: Vermont bets bigger cannabis buys will beat the black market36%
VTDigger19%By Grace Bertrand55%7/21/2026, 7:58:55 PM
Vermont’s Catholic Church aims to protect Rice Memorial High by selling the parochial school to supporters55%
VTDigger19%By Kevin O'Connor75%7/20/2026, 8:39:51 PM
‘If we don’t write it down, it disappears’: Independent historian gathers Vermont veterans’ stories before they are lost to history42%
VTDigger19%By Bennington Banner68%7/19/2026, 12:51:00 PM