Topic summary
0%1 analyzed article/video580 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Donald-Trump results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Loss Aversion, Framing Effect, and Negativity Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 24.3% saturation with 423 hits. Analysis detected 3,252 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,740 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 6% and a BS Rank of 82% (2,908 of 15,753 topics). This Donald-Trump is worse (more manipulative) than 81.50% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

82% percentile
025507510081.5% percentile
6.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.7K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Topic 15.2%15.2%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 15.1%15.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 24.3%24.3%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Topic 10.1%10.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.7%2.7%Sunk Cost EffectSitewide 0.3%Topic 6.2%6.2%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Topic 7.0%7.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 12.7%12.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 14.8%14.8%

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 15.1%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 24.3%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 14.8%, sitewide 19.2%Loss Aversion: Topic 15.2%, sitewide 2.5%Confirmation Bias: Topic 12.7%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 11.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 10.1%, sitewide 2.7%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 8.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 7.6%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 3.7%Slippery Slope: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 1.7%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 6.9%Ad Hominem: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 2.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 4.0%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 0.3%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 6.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 3.1%Begging the Question: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 1.7%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 4.6%Status Quo Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 1.9%Actor-Observer Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 0.6%Recency Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

From prison fears to fireworks, Chinese pastor recounts sudden release after Trump's intervention14%
The Independent43%By Didi Tang68%7/24/2026, 1:00:56 AM
Trump Imposes Massively Harmful and Illegal Section 301 Tariffs85%
Reason.com40%By Ilya Somin92%7/24/2026, 12:32:54 AM
Justice Kagan Rejects Charge that Supreme Court Is "Rubber Stamp" for Trump Administration31%
Reason.com40%By Jonathan H. Adler14%7/24/2026, 12:16:20 AM
Iran war live: US completes 13th night of strikes on Iran89%
Al Jazeera58%By Lyndal Rowlands86% Adam Hancock97% Chris Hamill-Stewart100%7/24/2026, 12:00:00 AM
Is Cuba Trump’s Next Target?41%
Foreign Policy30%By John Haltiwanger21% Rishi Iyengar26%7/23/2026, 10:06:48 PM
New York Times Subpoena Fight Marks Latest Clash in Trump's Legal War with US Media Over Air Force One Probe46%
International Business Times UK63%By Bernadette B. Tixon73%7/23/2026, 9:20:01 PM
DOJ withdraws NYT reporters’ subpoenas after judge calls it ‘sloppy legal work’44%
The Independent66%By Michael R. Sisak15% Eric Tucker35% Larry Neumeister20%7/23/2026, 8:00:24 PM
Government withdraws subpoenas of 3 reporters for The New York Times after admitting legal errors23%
AP News52%By MICHAEL R. SISAK15% ERIC TUCKER35% LARRY NEUMEISTER20%7/23/2026, 7:21:57 PM
'Conspiracy of silence' critics urge CIA director to 'stand up to Trump' or 'resign'66%
Raw Story93%By Tom Boggioni87%7/23/2026, 12:34:25 PM
U.S. can't retreat from Iran without any wins90%
Chicago Sun-Times34%By S. E. Cupp100%7/23/2026, 11:00:00 AM