Topic summary
59%23 analyzed articles/videos13,851 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Fiscal Policy results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Hasty Generalization, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 9.8% saturation with 6,980 hits. Analysis detected 75,851 faulty-reasoning hits from 71,488 analyzed words across 23 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 22% (12,134 of 15,447 topics). This Fiscal Policy is better (less manipulative) than 78.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

21% percentile
025507510021.4% percentile
2.0% BS Score23 analyzed articles71.5K 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 8.2%8.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.9%4.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.7%8.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.9%4.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.5%1.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.8%1.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 9.8%9.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.5%1.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.9%2.9%

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 8.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.4%, sitewide 3.3%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 1.4%Pessimism Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 1.9%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.1%False Dilemma: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Report: Michigan’s budget much bigger than ‘on paper,’ likely tops $86B54%
Bridge Michigan56%By Jordyn Hermani59%7/22/2026, 8:33:00 PM
Why the Budget Process Is Broken85%
The Dispatch27%By Jessica Riedl0%7/22/2026, 6:45:00 AM
Burnham Starts Premiership Short on Cash, Ideas91%
The American Conservative86%By Iain Macwhirter95%7/21/2026, 4:03:00 AM
Newly retired couples may lose $16,900/year in Social Security in 203336%
USA TODAY0%By Medora Lee0%7/16/2026, 10:39:00 PM
$95B price tag of Republican budget resolution questioned76%
The Sanford Herald61%By Thérèse Boudreaux0%7/16/2026, 9:25:00 PM
America Isn’t Ready for Blue City Defaults89%
Compact Magazine78%By Lewis Andrews0%7/16/2026, 11:51:39 AM
A Rare Bipartisan Push to Fix Social Security Emerges in the Senate as 2032 Funding Deadline and $500 Cut Threat Loom53%
Benzinga0%By Tanya Rawat0%7/15/2026, 8:09:57 AM
Bipartisan group of senators introduces legislation to avert looming Social Security shortfall55%
AP News51%By FATIMA HUSSEIN42% KEVIN FREKING37%7/14/2026, 7:30:08 PM
Japan tax revenues hit record ¥84 trillion in fiscal 202525%
The Japan Times65%By No Author44%7/3/2026, 11:49:00 PM
US At 250: Why America Has Been So Successful And Can It Continue15%
ZeroHedge69%By Tyler Durden61%7/3/2026, 7:20:00 PM