Topic summary
84%15 analyzed articles/videos8,311 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Political Influence results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 16.1% saturation with 7,920 hits. Analysis detected 75,992 faulty-reasoning hits from 49,079 analyzed words across 15 articles, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of 51% (7,571 of 15,328 topics). This Political Influence is worse (more manipulative) than 50.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

51% percentile
025507510050.6% percentile
3.0% BS Score15 analyzed articles49.1K 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 15.2%15.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 13.7%13.7%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 10.1%10.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.8%8.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.2%1.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.9%5.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.5%2.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 12.0%12.0%

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 15.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 16.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 13.7%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 12.0%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 11.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 10.1%, sitewide 2.0%Confirmation Bias: Topic 9.5%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 9.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 5.3%, sitewide 3.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 5.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 2.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.7%Slippery Slope: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 1.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.4%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

The Tate brothers’ arrest is a warning for politicians courting the manosphere88%
MS NOW94%By Lyz Lenz0%7/22/2026, 11:02:55 PM
State Department Frames Cuba as Major Threat via Left-Wing Groups80%
Foreign Policy28%By Sam Skove0%7/20/2026, 9:42:05 PM
The MAGA-ification of Hollywood is going to be so boring88%
Salon76%By Amanda Marcotte93%7/20/2026, 10:45:09 AM
Jennifer Siebel Newsom's Radical Gender Documentaries Force Student Viewers To Reveal if They're Gay and ID 'Fags': Films Are Funded and Promoted by Newsom Donors, Appointees74%
Washington Free Beacon88%By Andrew Kerr75%7/20/2026, 9:00:46 AM
Meet the billionaires behind $336M ‘explosion’ of money in California politics, per new report64%
Mission Local24%By Brandon Pho43%7/17/2026, 8:51:50 PM
State Attorneys General Sue to Stop Paramount Skydance's Corrupt Takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery84%
Common Dreams95%By Newswire Editor95%7/13/2026, 6:03:08 PM
PEER Warns OMB Grant Proposal Would Institutionalize Corruption and Destroy American Science89%
Common Dreams95%By Newswire Editor95%7/13/2026, 4:04:18 PM
The US Far Right Is Mounting an Invasion of Europe18%
Jacobin60%By Somdeep Sen0%7/10/2026, 8:42:27 AM
Walmart, Sam's Club slash prices on thousands of products as Trump says move came at his request40%
Fox Business91%By Alexandra Koch0%7/6/2026, 11:04:04 PM
FIFA Gives Trump Exactly What He Wants71%
The Intercept81%By Nick Turse65%7/6/2026, 7:13:58 PM