Topic summary
55%69 analyzed articles/videos18,818 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Finance results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Authority, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 9.7% saturation with 12,569 hits. Analysis detected 128,892 faulty-reasoning hits from 129,864 analyzed words across 69 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 18% (12,702 of 15,365 topics). This Finance is better (less manipulative) than 82.70% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

17% percentile
025507510017.3% percentile
1.8% BS Score69 analyzed articles129.9K 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 9.7%9.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.9%4.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.2%9.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.1%1.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.6%5.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.9%1.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.9%3.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.5%4.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.8%1.8%

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 9.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.3%, sitewide 3.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.1%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 0.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.4%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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San Francisco Chronicle9%By Kate Talerico4%7/22/2026, 11:00:00 AM
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FOX 5 Atlanta53%By Kim Leoffler28% Jameson Moyer7%7/22/2026, 10:06:51 AM
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Trump administration freezes Medicaid funding to California over ‘suspected fraud’60%
San Francisco Chronicle9%By Sara DiNatale0%7/21/2026, 7:09:56 PM
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ZDNET57%By Charlie Osborne44%7/21/2026, 3:30:52 PM
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Rough Draft Atlanta55%By Eryn Rogers0% WSB-TV0%7/21/2026, 12:41:54 PM
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Atlanta News First86%By Doug Reardon77%7/20/2026, 11:05:38 PM
SpaceX Is Learning a Nasty Lesson About Going Public When Your Main Product Is Experimental78%
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‘My Soul Left My Body’: Amazon Accidentally Bills Users Billions of Times What They Owe55%
Gizmodo62%By Mike Pearl72%7/18/2026, 8:39:19 PM