Topic summary
35%15 analyzed articles/videos7,083 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Contempt Of Congress results contain 47 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Confirmation Bias, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.6% saturation with 2,546 hits. Analysis detected 17,106 faulty-reasoning hits from 38,778 analyzed words across 15 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.9% and a BS Rank of 4% (22,552 of 23,273 topics). This Contempt Of Congress is better (less manipulative) than 96.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

3% percentile
02550751003.1% percentile
0.9% BS Score15 analyzed articles38.8K 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 4.8%4.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.1%2.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.6%6.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.8%0.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.1%0.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.2%1.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.3%0.3%

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 4.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Fauci's fed-up wife flips the bird as ex-top doc miserably takes out trash hours after contempt vote76%
New York Post83%By Victor Nava86%8/6/2026, 4:09:34 PM
Hilarious: Fauci's Wife Was So Furious About the Contempt Vote, She Let Rip With an Obscene Gesture89%
RedState95%By Teri Christoph94%8/6/2026, 2:08:09 PM
Senate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress3%
STAT60%By Daniel Payne20%8/6/2026, 6:12:35 AM
The Latest: Senate panel will vote on holding Fauci in contempt for refusing to answer questions17%
WTOP49%By WTOP Staff42%8/6/2026, 6:01:34 AM
Senators vote to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress for pleading the Fifth during tense hearing32%
NBC News57%By Megan Brand34%8/6/2026, 5:43:08 AM
Senate panel to vote on holding Fauci in contempt for refusing to answer questions28%
WSVN29%By Rubén Rosario34%8/6/2026, 5:18:10 AM
The Latest: Senate panel will vote on holding Fauci in contempt for refusing to answer questions5%
Local 1038%By The Associated Press73%8/6/2026, 5:15:44 AM
Senate panel to vote on holding Fauci in contempt for refusing to answer questions14%
The Boston Globe48%By ERIC TUCKER50%8/5/2026, 9:14:16 PM
Senate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt for refusing to answer COVID questions31%
Sun Sentinel28%By Associated Press74%8/5/2026, 9:07:07 PM
Fauci’s decision to invoke the Fifth Amendment tees up a legal debate and a contempt vote8%
Orlando Sentinel28%By Associated Press74%8/5/2026, 6:23:47 AM