Topic summary
80%75 analyzed articles/videos53,931 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Civil Rights results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.6% saturation with 28,828 hits. Analysis detected 281,364 faulty-reasoning hits from 272,207 analyzed words across 74 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 21% (13,217 of 16,562 topics). This Civil Rights is better (less manipulative) than 79.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

20% percentile
025507510020.2% percentile
1.9% BS Score74 analyzed articles272.2K 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 9.5%9.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.6%10.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.2%8.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.2%2.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.4%1.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.3%2.3%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.1%1.1%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 9.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 2.0%Anecdotal: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.1%Indoctrination: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

‘It Wasn’t Right’: Woman Arrested by ICE at SFO Is a San Francisco Photographer, Barista26%
KQED61%By Katie DeBenedetti69%7/24/2026, 8:55:38 PM
Chaotic courtrooms fuel record deportations: The Rundown32%
WBEZ9%By Bianca Cseke13%7/24/2026, 8:45:00 PM
The Architecture of Resistance: America’s Year of Taking On ICE7%
Mother Jones51%By Daniella Jiménez0% Renée Bartlett-Webber0% Ellie Prickett-Morgan0%7/23/2026, 6:29:39 PM
The Heritage Foundation Only Wanted to Protect Women’s Sports When It Was About Trans Athletes70%
Mother Jones51%By Madison Pauly0%7/22/2026, 10:00:00 AM
The Supreme Court says states may protect fair opportunity for women and girls60%
Washington Examiner74%By Connor Bolster58% Tom Jipping0%7/22/2026, 12:45:53 AM
Harvard took hundreds of millions from Chinese donors—now the DOJ is asking if Americans were left out on purpose64%
Fortune54%By Collin Binkley46% Nick Lichtenberg62% Didi Tang68% The Associated Press63%7/21/2026, 12:21:48 PM
The Supreme Court Is Helping ICE Agents Get Away With Murder51%
Talking Points Memo90%By Madiba K. Dennie79%7/21/2026, 12:00:00 PM
Oakland City Council to consider stronger immigrant protections48%
KTVU61%7/21/2026, 2:16:24 AM
After Third OPD Shooting This Year, Advocates Demand Body-Cam Footage58%
KQED61%By Ayah Ali-Ahmad74%7/20/2026, 6:46:53 PM
'Complete 180': How the DOJ has redefined its civil rights mission and targeted California68%
Los Angeles Times78%By Ben Wieder88%7/19/2026, 10:00:00 AM