Topic summary
0%2 analyzed articles/videos349 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Current Affairs results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Halo Effect, and Framing Effect, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 53.4% saturation with 586 hits. Analysis detected 2,148 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,098 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 8.9% and a BS Rank of 91% (1,582 of 16,562 topics). This Current Affairs is worse (more manipulative) than 90.50% of the peer group.
Current Affairs
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 1,098
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

91% percentile
025507510090.5% percentile
8.9% BS Score2 analyzed articles1.1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 53.4%53.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 33.6%33.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 26.3%26.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.5%4.5%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 18.1%18.1%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Topic 10.2%10.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.0%2.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 16.5%16.5%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 5.4%5.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.9%2.9%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 53.4%, sitewide 0.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 33.6%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Topic 18.1%, sitewide 26.9%Halo Effect: Topic 26.3%, sitewide 6.7%Appeal to Authority: Topic 16.5%, sitewide 11.1%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 15.9%Bandwagon: Topic 10.2%, sitewide 2.2%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 6.0%Indoctrination: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 0.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Status Quo Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 2.2%Recency Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.5%Middle Ground: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.7%Primacy Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or ServiceSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Deadline: White House59%
MS NOW95%By MSNBC Staff0%11/10/2025, 8:18:07 AM
The Beat with Ari Melber93%
MS NOW95%By Ari Melber0%10/22/2025, 1:34:24 PM