Topic summary
68%18 analyzed articles/videos10,513 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government Surveillance results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Hasty Generalization, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 9.6% saturation with 7,861 hits. Analysis detected 77,551 faulty-reasoning hits from 81,645 analyzed words across 18 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 18% (12,545 of 15,297 topics). This Government Surveillance is better (less manipulative) than 82.00% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

18% percentile
025507510018.0% percentile
1.9% BS Score18 analyzed articles81.6K 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 9.6%9.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.5%9.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.4%7.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.2%1.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.8%0.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.4%4.4%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 3.6%3.6%

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 9.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 2.0%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Indoctrination: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

What Happened When Flock Came to My Town40%
404 Media45%By Matthew Gault33%7/22/2026, 6:33:44 PM
'Visible displays of dissent': Meet the protestors using bridges to send a message2%
Dallas Observer61%By Austin Wood8%7/22/2026, 4:31:07 PM
Police Keep Losing Their Jobs For Using Flock Cameras To Stalk People65%
Mother Jones50%By Sophie Hurwitz62%7/18/2026, 4:59:24 PM
Jay Clayton Denies Objective Reality at Trainwreck Hearing88%
Common Dreams95%By Newswire Editor95%7/15/2026, 6:48:44 PM
Docs: Democrat Special Counsel Jack Smith Spied On, Lied To Congress66%
The Federalist89%By Joy Pullmann98%7/14/2026, 9:53:35 PM
FBI Raided Texas Activist’s House — Then Offered Her $200,000 to Become Antifa Informant28%
The Intercept81%By C. Frances0% A.D. Chilcote0%7/7/2026, 9:10:21 PM
Politician who investigated spyware abuses had his phone hacked with Pegasus spyware54%
TechCrunch44%By Zack Whittaker46%7/3/2026, 5:05:00 AM
Online Age Verification Law Could Kill Whistleblowing80%
The Intercept81%By Caitlin Vogus0% Aliya Bhatia0%6/28/2026, 9:24:00 AM
Cops Warn CEO Bodyguards That Luigi Mangione Fever Could Spark Class War57%
The Intercept81%By Glen Stellmacher60% Noah Hurowitz73%6/25/2026, 5:38:15 PM
The Intercept Sues to Uncover Secretive Government Anti-Protester Database72%
The Intercept81%By The Intercept0%6/24/2026, 7:37:36 PM