Topic summary
77%49 analyzed articles/videos33,000 analyzed words
BS Summary: These China results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.9% saturation with 15,601 hits. Analysis detected 135,591 faulty-reasoning hits from 143,031 analyzed words across 49 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 15% (12,958 of 15,142 topics). This China is better (less manipulative) than 85.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

14% percentile
025507510014.4% percentile
1.8% BS Score49 analyzed articles143K 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 9.9%9.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.4%4.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.9%10.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.3%5.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.1%1.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.9%0.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.8%1.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.6%1.6%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 1.0%1.0%

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 9.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.9%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.1%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.8%Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

China cracks down on chatbot romances as birthrate crisis worsens: report60%
Fox Business91%By Sophia Compton76%7/19/2026, 11:26:11 PM
Calling Cartels 'Narcoterrorists' Turns Drug Enforcement Into War Making65%
Reason.com40%By Niko Vorobyov89%7/19/2026, 11:00:34 AM
Trump's Pernicious Threat to Impose Tariffs on Canada in Response to Wildfires77%
Reason.com40%By Ilya Somin91%7/18/2026, 9:24:15 PM
One Country Is Already Trying To Outlaw People From Falling In Love With AI Chatbots85%
Kotaku71%By Zack Kotzer68%7/18/2026, 8:00:02 PM
Intel Agency Assessed China Planned To 'Encourage' Violent BLM Riots To Hurt Trump In 202087%
The Federalist89%By Breccan F. Thies49%7/18/2026, 9:37:00 AM
US Universities Got Over $300M From Sanctioned China Entities74%
Newsweek33%By Didi Kirsten Tatlow59%7/18/2026, 8:00:00 AM
China Denies Trump’s Election Meddling Allegation50%
Newsweek33%By Micah McCartney0%7/17/2026, 8:26:43 AM
Key Takeaways From Donald Trump’s Speech Debunked64%
Newsweek33%By Anna Commander31%7/17/2026, 8:02:34 AM
White House weighs releasing controversial intel on China and U.S. elections, sources say79%
The Japan Times65%By No Author43%7/16/2026, 12:44:00 AM
A New Law Heralds China’s Fraught Ethnic Future37%
Foreign Policy27%By Aaron Glasserman41%7/15/2026, 7:58:57 PM