Topic summary
62%17 analyzed articles/videos7,536 analyzed words
BS Summary: These National Mall results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Framing Effect, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 17.3% saturation with 5,552 hits. Analysis detected 34,639 faulty-reasoning hits from 32,166 analyzed words across 17 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 29% (11,806 of 16,503 topics). This National Mall is better (less manipulative) than 71.50% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

29% percentile
025507510028.5% percentile
2.2% BS Score17 analyzed articles32.2K 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 10.0%10.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.1%5.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 14.6%14.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.5%0.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.8%0.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.6%1.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.4%4.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.3%2.3%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.5%0.5%

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 10.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 17.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 14.6%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 4.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 2.0%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 1.1%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Contractors Damage Fountain on National Mall in Latest Blunder11%
Newsweek35%By Alice Gibbs51%7/23/2026, 10:00:00 AM
Unlicensed food trucks have taken over the National Mall36%
WAMU15%By Jsinnenberg25%7/14/2026, 5:10:42 PM
Trump says he overruled plan to cancel America's 250th celebration amid evacuations79%
The Washington Post92%By Jeremy Roebuck0% Cat Zakrzewski0% Olivia George0%7/6/2026, 12:42:24 AM
Trump Spirals Over Crowd Size After Delivering Speech to Empty Seats75%
The Daily Beast87%By Erkki Forster0%7/6/2026, 12:03:23 AM
Donald Trump’s America 250 Bash Goes Dark as Guests Ordered to Leave37%
The Daily Beast87%By Mary Papenfuss0%7/5/2026, 12:15:14 AM
America’s 250th celebrations marked by severe weather, political division34%
The Washington Post92%By Layli Nazarova0% Olivia George0% Hannah Natanson0% Liam Scott0% Juan Benn Jr.0% Natalie Allison0% John Woodrow Cox0%7/4/2026, 3:56:32 PM
Watch: Trump’s Dystopia Takes Over the National Mall97%
Mother Jones51%By Jeremy Schulman0%7/2/2026, 8:14:33 PM
Trump Humbled by What Really Draws Crowds to the Mall71%
The Daily Beast87%By Harry Thompson0%7/2/2026, 6:56:32 AM
Panicked Donald Trump, 80, Braces for Epic July 4th Humiliation66%
The Daily Beast87%By Farrah Tomazin0%7/1/2026, 11:29:03 PM
Trump ‘livid’ over crowd size at National Mall state fair, report says: ‘Who thought this was a good idea?’62%
The Independent68%By Brendan Rascius74%7/1/2026, 8:38:34 PM