Topic summary
⁠79%28 analyzed articles/videos19,916 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Social Commentary results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Appeal to Emotion, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 23.4% saturation with 23,008 hits. Analysis detected 156,638 faulty-reasoning hits from 98,117 analyzed words across 28 articles, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of ⁠50% (8,336 of 16,562 topics). This Social Commentary is better (less manipulative) than 50.30% of the peer group.
Social Commentary

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

50% percentile
025507510049.7% percentile
3.0% BS Score28 analyzed articles98.1K 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 6.4%6.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 23.4%23.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.3%7.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 15.1%15.1%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 7.2%7.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.3%4.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.6%1.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.5%2.5%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%

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 6.4%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 23.4%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 16.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 15.1%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 7.5%Ad Hominem: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 2.2%In-Group Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 5.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 1.4%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.6%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 3.1%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 2.0%Straw Man: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 0.9%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.7%Indoctrination: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 0.0%False Dilemma: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.9%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

ā€œThe Man Will Burnā€ accidentally shows why people despise Burning Man⁠83%
Salon⁠76%By Melanie McFarland⁠53%7/24/2026, 1:00:59 PM
ā€˜I Live There!’ Interviewer Battles Back at Elon Musk as He Warns UK ā€˜Civil War’ Is Brewing⁠75%
Mediaite⁠70%By David Gilmour⁠61%7/24/2026, 12:11:20 PM
People are watching the Reflecting Pool like reality TV. What does that say about us?⁠26%
WAMU⁠15%By Jsinnenberg⁠26%7/23/2026, 12:16:45 PM
Ireland's Antisemitism Crisis with Rachel Moiselle | Quillette Cetera Episode 68⁠75%
Quillette⁠64%By Zoe Sankey⁠91%7/23/2026, 5:03:57 AM
The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What Does 'Quiet on the Creek' Mean?⁠53%
Lifehacker⁠63%By Stephen Johnson⁠55%7/22/2026, 1:30:00 PM
Vogue’s woke makeover has proven its downfall⁠96%
spiked⁠93%By Julie Burchill⁠96%7/20/2026, 5:55:21 PM
Another Wake-Up Call for America's Jews⁠88%
The Washington Free Beacon⁠87%By Ruth R. Wisse⁠99%7/19/2026, 9:02:00 AM
Readers sound off on Israel's U.S. influence, closed primaries and Sunny Hostin's son⁠85%
New York Daily News⁠76%By Voice of the People⁠79%7/19/2026, 7:00:25 AM
The View’s Sunny Hostin hates ā€˜privilege’—except for her own⁠88%
American Thinker⁠94%By Andrea Widburg⁠87%7/18/2026, 12:00:00 AM
Where Is 'Obsession' Streaming? Peacock Just Quietly Added The Buzziest Horror Movie Of The Year⁠91%
Inverse⁠55%By Chrishaun Baker⁠65%7/17/2026, 12:30:25 PM