Topic summary
32%16 analyzed articles/videos13,104 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Fact-Checking results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Negativity Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 6.5% saturation with 3,818 hits. Analysis detected 38,418 faulty-reasoning hits from 58,945 analyzed words across 16 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of 3% (15,033 of 15,398 topics). This Fact-Checking is better (less manipulative) than 97.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

2% percentile
02550751002.4% percentile
1.2% BS Score16 analyzed articles58.9K 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 2.9%2.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.8%4.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.9%3.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.6%0.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.8%0.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.5%6.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.9%2.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.5%1.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.4%1.4%

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 2.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.9%, 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 2.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.1%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.0%Bandwagon: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Fact-checking Mullin’s claim that foreign adversaries can access voting machines20%
PolitiFact4%By Loreben Tuquero31%7/22/2026, 10:25:36 PM
Did Trump confuse 'transistor' with 'transgender' in speech criticizing CHIPS Act? We examined footage48%
Snopes.com6%By Anna Rascouët-Paz10%7/21/2026, 4:00:09 AM
The Dubious Rags to Riches Promise of Trump Accounts28%
FactCheck.org3%By Justine Weng40%7/20/2026, 9:39:30 PM
Meta's New Mexico data center uses millions of gallons of water. Did it 'drain' the Rio Grande?20%
Snopes.com6%By Aleksandra Wrona10%7/18/2026, 4:00:08 PM
Trump repeated election integrity claims in primetime address. Here are 16 we've fact-checked56%
Snopes.com6%By Aleksandra Wrona10%7/17/2026, 5:04:40 PM
Did major TV networks 'refuse' to air Trump's July 16 speech?44%
Snopes.com6%By Joey Esposito15%7/16/2026, 11:50:06 AM
Fact-checking Trump's address: What he said about China and 2020 election, what documents show32%
PolitiFact4%By Louis Jacobson15% Amy Sherman9%7/16/2026, 12:00:00 AM
FactCheck.org Wins Sigma Delta Chi Award for Fact-Checking1%
FactCheck.org3%By FactCheck.org1%7/13/2026, 4:28:27 PM
Democrats’ and Republicans’ Screwworm Blame Spin10%
FactCheck.org3%By Jessica McDonald0%7/2/2026, 4:33:26 PM
CNN’s Daniel Dale Shreds Trump’s ‘Long-Debunked Lies’ on Latest Supreme Court Rulings43%
Mediaite70%By Sarah Rumpf42%6/29/2026, 11:06:50 PM