Topic summary
67%37 analyzed articles/videos30,534 analyzed words
BS Summary: These First Amendment results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Emotion, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 10.6% saturation with 13,548 hits. Analysis detected 132,343 faulty-reasoning hits from 128,219 analyzed words across 37 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 23% (12,780 of 16,562 topics). This First Amendment is better (less manipulative) than 77.20% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

23% percentile
025507510022.8% percentile
2.0% BS Score37 analyzed articles128.2K 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 8.4%8.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.0%7.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.4%10.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.7%3.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.9%0.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 10.6%10.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.1%1.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.1%2.1%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.4%0.4%

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 8.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 10.6%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 2.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.3%Ad Hominem: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 2.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Slippery Slope: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

‘Gag order’: More than 100 Louisiana state employees signed NDAs with Gov. Landry’s office32%
The Lens76%By Drew Hawkins50% Gulf States Newsroom50%7/25/2026, 12:28:43 AM
Shiloh Hendrix Won't Be The Last Victim Of The Left's Fight To Criminalize Speech64%
The Federalist89%By Brianna Lyman86%7/24/2026, 9:06:44 PM
Jay Clayton’s Subpoena Slop Job50%
The American Prospect68%By James Baratta82%7/24/2026, 2:52:03 PM
Free-speech advocates blast LA council after ban on these controversial words36%
New York Post89%By Daniel Farr69%7/24/2026, 12:57:53 AM
Government withdraws subpoenas of 3 reporters for The New York Times after admitting legal errors24%
AP News53%By MICHAEL R. SISAK16% ERIC TUCKER35% LARRY NEUMEISTER21%7/23/2026, 7:21:57 PM
White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of UC research grants65%
Berkeleyside33%By Mikhail Zinshteyn45% CalMatters33%7/22/2026, 5:56:44 PM
A Teen Reporter Searched for His Community in the Epstein Files. Adults Freaked Out12%
WIRED16%By Ara Rosenthal12%7/22/2026, 10:00:00 AM
Can't Ban Parent from School Property for "Mean and Demeaning Posts" About "Opposing Student Athletes"21%
Reason.com41%By Eugene Volokh7%7/21/2026, 12:01:17 PM
Video of Older Chicago Cubs Fan Popping Younger Man for Sitting During National Anthem Divides Internet87%
RedState91%By Rusty Weiss90%7/21/2026, 9:01:00 AM
"Lexi Love": Drag or Porn? (+ RuPaul's Drag Race)6%
Reason.com41%By Eugene Volokh7%7/20/2026, 12:32:30 PM