Topic summary
76%15 analyzed articles/videos12,089 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Populism results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Framing Effect, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 15.9% saturation with 10,139 hits. Analysis detected 77,311 faulty-reasoning hits from 63,716 analyzed words across 15 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of 33% (10,591 of 15,763 topics). This Populism is better (less manipulative) than 67.20% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

33% percentile
025507510032.8% percentile
2.3% BS Score15 analyzed articles63.7K 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 10.6%10.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.8%4.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 15.9%15.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 13.3%13.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.8%0.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.9%0.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.4%2.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 12.1%12.1%

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 10.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 13.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 15.9%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 12.1%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.7%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 2.0%False Dilemma: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 1.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.1%Ad Hominem: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 2.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.4%Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Why Pauline Hanson is surging81%
spiked93%By Nick Cater0%7/22/2026, 10:07:58 AM
Inside Liz Truss's America-brained CPAC92%
UnHerd71%By Rob Lownie0%7/17/2026, 11:01:52 PM
A French Rebirth?62%
The American Conservative86%By Luke Nicastro65%7/15/2026, 4:03:00 AM
Why Farage's mates love Montenegro67%
UnHerd71%By Matt Broomfield84%7/13/2026, 11:02:00 PM
The next big races between moderates and progressives are in pivotal Midwestern states62%
MinnPost27%By Matt Brown86% AP40%7/13/2026, 3:28:27 PM
In Defense of Elites, with Richard Hanania19%
The Free Press74%By Coleman Hughes89%7/13/2026, 9:02:08 AM
Graham Platner and the Working-Class Fetish73%
Washington Monthly52%By Matthew Cooper87%7/7/2026, 11:46:14 PM
Right-Wing Populism Did Not Kill Neoliberalism35%
Jacobin60%By Matías Vernengo0%7/7/2026, 11:48:28 AM
Why populism fails41%
UnHerd71%By Richard Hanania40%7/5/2026, 11:00:06 PM
Britain’s political class has been mistaking the signal for noise34%
Washington Examiner73%By Ron MacCammon0%6/29/2026, 5:59:55 PM