Topic summary
41%32 analyzed articles/videos21,656 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government Funding results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.7% saturation with 11,050 hits. Analysis detected 93,614 faulty-reasoning hits from 103,388 analyzed words across 32 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 13% (13,777 of 15,755 topics). This Government Funding is better (less manipulative) than 87.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

13% percentile
025507510012.6% percentile
1.7% BS Score32 analyzed articles103.4K 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 7.6%7.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.3%7.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.7%10.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.3%1.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.9%1.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.1%2.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.3%4.3%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.9%0.9%

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 7.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 8.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.4%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Indiana colleges inch closer to offering Workforce Pell Grants16%
Mirror Indy18%By Claire Rafford18%7/23/2026, 9:01:23 PM
State Vulnerability Metric Overlooks SF Neighborhoods, Excluding Them From Billions in Funding35%
San Francisco Public Press57%By Audrey Mei Yi Brown65% Zhe Wu65%7/23/2026, 6:59:10 PM
50 years later, Florida Network of Youth and Family Services has become a leading voice for Florida’s at-risk children and families75%
Florida Politics63%By Peter Schorsch88%7/23/2026, 1:02:56 PM
Cyclospora outbreak tests RFK Jr.'s promise to overhaul food system, rebuild trust in CDC36%
CNBC53%By Angelica Peebles52%7/23/2026, 12:32:10 PM
White House report says Trump can usher in a "new golden age" of science57%
Ars Technica21%By John Timmer34%7/23/2026, 11:23:21 AM
Public Health Improvements Stall Amid Trump’s DEI Crackdown28%
KFF Health News24%By Briah Lumpkins33%7/23/2026, 9:00:00 AM
US outlines its $5 billion Genesis Mission to boost science with AI18%
Engadget40%By Anna Washenko54%7/22/2026, 8:54:26 PM
White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of UC research grants65%
Berkeleyside32%By Mikhail Zinshteyn45% CalMatters32%7/22/2026, 5:56:44 PM
House votes to extend government funding, aiming to avoid an election year shutdown33%
KRWG Public Media43%By Eric McDaniel51%7/21/2026, 10:20:15 PM
House votes to extend government funding, aiming to avoid an election year shutdown13%
Alabama Public Radio0%By Eric McDaniel51%7/21/2026, 9:20:15 PM