Topic summary
37%12 analyzed articles/videos7,475 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Air Travel results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Negativity Bias, and Optimism Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 8.9% saturation with 2,436 hits. Analysis detected 20,901 faulty-reasoning hits from 27,404 analyzed words across 12 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 11% (14,858 of 16,562 topics). This Air Travel is better (less manipulative) than 89.70% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

10% percentile
025507510010.3% percentile
1.6% BS Score12 analyzed articles27.4K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 8.1%8.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.8%3.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.6%7.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.3%1.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.4%1.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.6%1.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.5%4.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.2%1.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.4%1.4%

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: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.2%Indoctrination: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

State Department Issues Worldwide Travel Warning as Iran Conflict Escalates78%
Newsweek36%By Steve Mollman42%7/19/2026, 12:46:20 AM
Prepare for a hot, crowded Fourth of July travel surge83%
The Washington Post92%By Natalie B. Compton0%7/2/2026, 11:50:00 AM
FAA Makes Way For Return Of Supersonic Flight—Minus The Boom33%
Forbes46%By Suzanne Rowan Kelleher0%6/30/2026, 8:22:01 PM
JetBlue Jet May Have Hit Drone At New York’s JFK Airport51%
Forbes46%By Suzanne Rowan Kelleher0%6/29/2026, 8:30:48 PM
Jet Fuel Prices Are Down But Airfares Will Stay Up—Here’s Why57%
Forbes46%By Suzanne Rowan Kelleher0%6/26/2026, 10:29:09 PM
With this airport’s new remote TSA checkpoint, you can go straight to your gate54%
The Washington Post92%By Andrea Sachs0%5/19/2026, 6:21:58 PM
LaGuardia to face days of disruption after deadly runway collision0%
Gothamist77%By Giulia Heyward48% Charles Lane36%3/23/2026, 8:24:00 PM
Serious snow starts in NYC Friday — as much as 9 inches before we're done0%
Gothamist77%By Ryan Kost75%12/26/2025, 1:19:00 PM
Planes, trains and automobiles: A snapshot of 2025 holiday travel in Minnesota28%
MPR News0%By Cari Spencer0% Erica Zurek0% Anna Haecherl0% Estelle Timar-Wilcox0% Lisa Ryan0%12/25/2025, 5:48:00 PM
Stuck at a New York airport? Here’s what airlines owe you.0%
Gothamist77%By Samantha Max68%12/24/2025, 8:33:27 PM