Topic summary
62%17 analyzed articles/videos13,609 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government Overreach results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Negativity Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 15.3% saturation with 12,005 hits. Analysis detected 91,870 faulty-reasoning hits from 78,422 analyzed words across 17 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of 32% (10,501 of 15,330 topics). This Government Overreach is better (less manipulative) than 68.50% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

32% percentile
025507510031.5% percentile
2.3% BS Score17 analyzed articles78.4K 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 15.3%15.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.9%9.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 13.5%13.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 9.2%9.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.5%0.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.4%0.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.4%1.4%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 6.6%6.6%

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 15.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 13.5%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 2.0%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.0%Slippery Slope: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 1.7%Anecdotal: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Begging the Question: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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Truthout75%By Ibrahim Hirsi0%7/1/2026, 4:26:08 PM
Thin-skinned government agents threaten yet another critic74%
Reason.com38%By J.D. Tuccille0%7/1/2026, 11:00:19 AM
Democrats' First 'Project 2029' Proposal: More Government Control Over Social Media47%
Reason.com38%By Meagan O'Rourke65%6/30/2026, 6:17:16 PM
The Reflecting Pool fiasco is a reflection of Trump’s authoritarian instincts82%
MS NOW94%By Symone D. Sanders Townsend0%6/27/2026, 10:00:00 AM
30-Year Prison Sentence In Prairieland Zine Case Is a Free Speech Crisis82%
The Intercept81%By Seth Stern0% Jeremy Busby0%6/26/2026, 9:46:00 AM