Topic summary
59%11 analyzed articles/videos9,115 analyzed words
BS Summary: These British Politics results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Confirmation Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 20% saturation with 8,038 hits. Analysis detected 53,711 faulty-reasoning hits from 40,152 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of 38% (9,720 of 15,689 topics). This British Politics is better (less manipulative) than 62.00% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

38% percentile
025507510038.0% percentile
2.5% BS Score11 analyzed articles40.2K 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 6.7%6.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 20.0%20.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.7%5.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.9%11.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.1%2.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 3.0%3.0%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 5.7%5.7%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%

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: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 20.0%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 10.2%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 1.9%Anecdotal: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 5.2%, sitewide 3.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%False Dilemma: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 1.5%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.1%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Burnham's potemkin radicalism61%
UnHerd72%By Jonny Ball78%7/21/2026, 11:03:46 PM
Negativ…20%Halo Ef…25%Appeal …45%
July 20, 20267%
Cascade PBS88%By Cascade PBS Staff60%7/21/2026, 12:15:24 PM
Burnham Starts Premiership Short on Cash, Ideas91%
The American Conservative86%By Iain Macwhirter95%7/21/2026, 4:03:00 AM
Shabana Mahmood: human shield89%
UnHerd72%By Samuel Rubinstein99%7/20/2026, 11:02:33 PM
“The King of the North” is Britain’s new PM60%
Vox51%By Caitlin Dewey83%7/20/2026, 8:40:00 PM
The Andy Burnham I’ve met over the past 20 years gives me hope for British politics73%
The Guardian81%By John Harris85%7/19/2026, 11:00:27 AM
Burnham faces an insurgent Britain80%
UnHerd72%By Aris Roussinos0%7/17/2026, 11:03:15 PM
How Tommy Robinson radicalized my mom59%
UnHerd72%By Nicola Wilding84%7/12/2026, 11:01:38 PM
How Brexit broke British politics50%
AP News53%By Jill Lawless0%6/23/2026, 4:04:06 AM
Cruel Britannia: Why No Prime Minister Can Get Traction69%
Washington Monthly51%By Keith Humphreys0%6/22/2026, 3:15:15 PM