Topic summary
63%16 analyzed articles/videos12,442 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Immigration Detention results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Negativity Bias, and Appeal to Authority, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 13.9% saturation with 7,999 hits. Analysis detected 54,153 faulty-reasoning hits from 57,487 analyzed words across 16 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 17% (12,859 of 15,388 topics). This Immigration Detention is better (less manipulative) than 83.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

16% percentile
025507510016.4% percentile
1.8% BS Score16 analyzed articles57.5K 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 13.9%13.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.9%11.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.2%1.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.8%1.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.4%1.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.2%3.2%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.3%0.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%

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 13.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 12.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 2.0%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

No Pseudonymity for Sex Offender Immigration Detainee Who Speculates He May Face Harm in Syria if Identified40%
Reason.com38%By Eugene Volokh6%7/23/2026, 12:01:37 PM
Lo que revela la venta de dos centros de detención del ICE sobre la nueva estrategia migratoria de Trump.46%
CalMatters en Español29%By Wendy Fry42% Nigel Duara0%7/22/2026, 11:01:48 PM
What happens when there’s an assault in Tacoma’s ICE detention center?85%
Cascade PBS90%By Jaelynn Grisso0%7/20/2026, 2:44:06 PM
Aurora ICE detention center worker arrested in shooting of protester21%
The Colorado Sun5%By Colleen Slevin49%7/17/2026, 9:03:24 PM
Federal judge orders sweeping changes at Adelanto ICE detention center38%
Los Angeles Times79%By Brittny Mejia62% Ruben Vives50%7/17/2026, 12:22:52 AM
A Missouri woman faces deportation to a country she’s never been, while her husband remains here21%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR55%By Steph Conquest-Ware35%7/15/2026, 11:00:00 AM
ICE contractor GEO Group to open new immigrant detention center in Hudson16%
The Colorado Sun5%By Allison Sherry76% Colorado Public Radio18%7/13/2026, 6:59:31 PM
Good Riddance to 'Alligator Alcatraz,' a Cruel, Expensive, and Pointless Authoritarian Stunt69%
Reason.com38%By C.J. Ciaramella0%6/26/2026, 5:52:14 PM
Daily Memo: DHS Arrests Activists in Minneapolis As ICE Ramps Up Again Across Southern California25%
L.A. TACO85%By Izzy Ramirez76%6/17/2026, 6:11:58 PM
ICE Re-Detains Plaintiff Out On Bond in Landmark Case Challenging L.A. ICE Raids, Sends Him Back To Adelanto96%
L.A. TACO85%By Izzy Ramirez76%4/23/2026, 12:37:40 AM