Topic summary
0%15 analyzed articles/videos8,501 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Politics And Government results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.2% saturation with 3,257 hits. Analysis detected 25,313 faulty-reasoning hits from 35,356 analyzed words across 15 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 8% (15,299 of 16,562 topics). This Politics And Government is better (less manipulative) than 92.40% of the peer group.
Politics And Government

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

8% percentile
02550751007.6% percentile
1.5% BS Score15 analyzed articles35.4K 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 5.5%5.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.3%5.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.2%9.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.1%2.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.7%0.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.7%1.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.8%1.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.8%1.8%

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 5.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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The New York Times0%By Julie Yoon0%5/26/2026, 1:09:25 AM
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