Topic summary
28%11 analyzed articles/videos6,401 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Child Welfare results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Anecdotal, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.5% saturation with 4,062 hits. Analysis detected 28,152 faulty-reasoning hits from 42,749 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 5% (14,646 of 15,325 topics). This Child Welfare is better (less manipulative) than 95.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

4% percentile
02550751004.4% percentile
1.4% BS Score11 analyzed articles42.7K 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 4.6%4.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.5%9.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.1%0.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.4%4.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.9%0.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 9.4%9.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.7%1.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.9%1.9%

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 4.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Reddit Praises California Foster Parent Who Spent 25 Years Caring for Terminally Ill Children: ‘A Hero Without a Cape’76%
The Daily Dot55%By Haley48%7/22/2026, 11:01:00 PM
ICE has detained more than 650 California children under Trump’s deportation crackdown55%
The Oaklandside34%By Emma Gallegos80%7/20/2026, 4:55:00 PM
License revoked for boarding school where Paris Hilton says she was abused as teen47%
ABC News17%By The Associated Press65%7/18/2026, 12:11:53 AM
Provo Canyon School, where Paris Hilton says she was abused as a teen, loses license12%
KUER0%By Associated Press60%7/7/2026, 1:57:44 PM
WA child welfare deaths drop significantly after record year10%
KUOW72%By Jake Goldstein-Street0% Washington State Standard0%6/25/2026, 10:33:09 PM
Melania Trump: Only 23 governors have signed on to establish ‘Fostering the Future’ accounts58%
One America News Network0%By OAN Staff Lillian Mann0%6/24/2026, 6:01:22 PM
Arrests of Immigrant Parents Create Mental Health Crisis for Children19%
KFF Health News22%By Claudia Boyd-Barrett0%6/18/2026, 9:00:00 AM
Lake Washington School District sued over alleged sexual abuse of an elementary student39%
KUOW Public Radio72%By Sami West0%6/17/2026, 9:48:57 PM
‘I am not backing down,’ Paris Hilton says in protest of Provo Canyon School35%
KUER0%By Associated Press60%6/16/2026, 2:04:30 PM
Daily Memo: Ms. Rachel Visits D.C. With 545 Letters From Children Currently Being Detained By I.C.E.17%
L.A. TACO85%By Memo Torres0% Izzy Ramirez76% Erwin Recinos0%6/11/2026, 6:22:56 PM