Topic summary
51%32 analyzed articles/videos22,725 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Border Security results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Hasty Generalization, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.2% saturation with 11,538 hits. Analysis detected 112,016 faulty-reasoning hits from 113,300 analyzed words across 32 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 19% (12,607 of 15,398 topics). This Border Security is better (less manipulative) than 81.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

18% percentile
025507510018.1% percentile
1.9% BS Score32 analyzed articles113.3K 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 8.2%8.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.8%6.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.2%10.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.3%1.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.3%1.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.2%2.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 4.1%4.1%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.7%0.7%

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 8.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 5.3%Halo Effect: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.6%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 1.4%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Migrant Rescue Operations Navigate a Mediterranean Bloodbath31%
Jacobin60%By Nathan Akehurst49%7/23/2026, 8:50:02 AM
China Pitches Its AI Leadership to the World13%
Foreign Policy28%By Joseph Rachman16%7/22/2026, 5:00:59 AM
Trump administration to spend $1 billion on new border surveillance system12%
Mashable71%7/21/2026, 10:52:45 PM
As ICE controversies intensify, White House border czar Tom Homan takes aim at dissent95%
MS NOW94%By Steve Benen95%7/21/2026, 1:05:01 PM
Mexican man killed by truck as he ran from ICE in Florida identified as tourist14%
Orlando Sentinel47%By Claire Healy19% Syra Ortiz Blanes19%7/21/2026, 10:48:28 AM
ICE melting under Trump’s expectations, officers say85%
Washington Examiner73%By Anna Giaritelli98% Christian Datoc98%7/19/2026, 11:00:00 AM
Drifting anti-immigrant buoys close Rio Grande bridges73%
The Texas Tribune11%By Carlos Nogueras Ramos3% Alex Nguyen36%7/17/2026, 4:21:22 PM
House Democrats demand ‘interference’-free investigation into deadly ICE shootings46%
Washington Examiner73%By Emily Hallas49%7/16/2026, 1:09:39 AM
Trump pushes ICE to continue traffic stops after fatal shootings45%
El Paso Matters14%By Rebecca Santana19% Patrick Whittle38% Associated Press60%7/15/2026, 6:18:58 PM
Woman caught trying to smuggle live animals through US-Mexico border, CBP claims32%
The Blaze81%By Carlos Garcia65%7/15/2026, 12:45:00 PM