Topic summary
69%11 analyzed articles/videos8,438 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Epstein Files results contain 49 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Anecdotal, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 13.3% saturation with 4,611 hits. Analysis detected 35,958 faulty-reasoning hits from 34,576 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 27% (11,380 of 15,535 topics). This Epstein Files is better (less manipulative) than 73.30% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

27% percentile
025507510026.7% percentile
2.1% BS Score11 analyzed articles34.6K 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 10.5%10.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.1%4.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.9%8.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 13.3%13.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.5%2.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.1%2.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 3.0%3.0%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 10.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 13.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 3.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.3%Hindsight Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.4%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

A Teen Reporter Searched for His Community in the Epstein Files. Adults Freaked Out12%
WIRED14%By Ara Rosenthal11%7/22/2026, 10:00:00 AM
Todd Blanche Grilled in Confirmation Hearings Over Trump Ties and Epstein Files52%
Truthout75%By Amy Goodman26% Nermeen Shaikh0%7/16/2026, 5:30:22 PM
Blanche confronts skeptical questioning of fund, tax deal for Trump at Senate confirmation hearing65%
AP News53%By ERIC TUCKER40% ALANNA DURKIN RICHER46%7/15/2026, 11:11:43 AM
​Court deals major blow to Trump DOJ's Epstein gambit — and puts Todd Blanche on the hook59%
Raw Story93%By David Edwards0%6/25/2026, 10:22:06 PM
Bondi to testify before House Oversight Committee after Democrats file contempt resolution76%
MS NOW94%By Clarissa-Jan Lim70% Syedah Asghar0%4/29/2026, 5:27:38 PM
How Epstein and Maxwell used an elite Midwest arts school to prey on girls62%
NPR85%By Ava Berger0% Scott Neuman0%2/19/2026, 10:25:51 AM
Lawrence: Trump was flying with Epstein around the time FBI got its first tip about Epstein96%
MS NOW94%12/24/2025, 4:12:50 AM
Available to download Friday, some Epstein files no longer there Saturday afternoon79%
KUOW Public Radio72%By Casey Morell0%12/20/2025, 10:41:22 PM
Woman who filed a complaint against Epstein to Clinton FBI vindicated after DOJ release of files79%
Fox News88%By Ashley Oliver0%12/20/2025, 10:18:35 PM
Epstein file release features photos of Mick Jagger, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross and more stars60%
Fox News88%By Lori A Bashian0%12/20/2025, 3:00:25 PM