Topic summary
41%12 analyzed articles/videos4,460 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Military Casualties results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Confirmation Bias, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 14.6% saturation with 2,956 hits. Analysis detected 20,115 faulty-reasoning hits from 20,262 analyzed words across 12 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 31% (11,010 of 15,780 topics). This Military Casualties is better (less manipulative) than 69.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

30% percentile
025507510030.2% percentile
2.2% BS Score12 analyzed articles20.3K 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 5.0%5.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.2%5.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.4%0.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.4%0.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 14.6%14.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.6%6.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.1%4.1%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.3%1.3%

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 5.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 14.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%Unattributed Quote: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 1.1%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 2.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.9%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.1%, sitewide 0.8%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Trump salutes 'great heroes' as he attends dignified transfer of US service members killed in Jordan, Iraq20%
Fox News88%7/23/2026, 12:40:32 AM
Trump Downplays 18 US Soldier Deaths in Iran War Hours Before Dignified Transfer67%
Truthout75%By Chris Walker53%7/22/2026, 8:36:24 PM
Trump Puts Words in the Mouths of Dead Soldiers93%
Mother Jones50%By Inae Oh87%7/22/2026, 4:29:02 PM
U.S. identifies 3rd service member ‘believed’ killed in Iranian attack17%
NBC News31%By Adela Suliman0%7/22/2026, 1:00:03 PM
Pentagon identifies third US soldier killed in weekend attack by Iran18%
New York Post89%By Samuel Chamberlain63%7/21/2026, 12:52:06 PM
‘We Have a Dictator Running This Country’: House Democrat Says Trump Isn’t Sharing U.S. Casualty Figures With Congress61%
Mediaite71%By Michael Luciano56%7/21/2026, 12:14:47 AM
U.S. Official: Iran Attacks Injured “Far More” Troops Than Pentagon Admits52%
The Intercept81%By Nick Turse66%7/20/2026, 8:03:20 PM
Iran War Day 143: The U.S. and Iran Trade Strikes as Casualties Mount, Ships Avoid Hormuz, and Gas Prices Rise58%
The American Conservative86%By Harrison Berger73%7/20/2026, 6:28:00 PM
BREAKING: Third American Service Member Killed in Iran War This Weekend59%
The American Conservative86%By Luke Nicastro65%7/19/2026, 8:40:56 PM
2 US troops were killed during an Iranian missile and drone attack, the Pentagon says61%
Business Insider15%By Jake Epstein54%7/18/2026, 6:04:43 PM