Topic summary
72%47 analyzed articles/videos30,186 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Trade Policy results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Confirmation Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 9.1% saturation with 12,046 hits. Analysis detected 115,480 faulty-reasoning hits from 132,327 analyzed words across 47 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 12% (14,231 of 16,104 topics). This Trade Policy is better (less manipulative) than 88.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

12% percentile
025507510011.6% percentile
1.6% BS Score47 analyzed articles132.3K 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 9.1%9.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.5%3.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.5%8.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.2%1.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.4%1.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.1%1.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.9%4.9%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.9%0.9%

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 9.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.0%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.9%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Trump’s Tariff Sham72%
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US hits dozens of countries with new wave of tariffs30%
Yahoo News38%By Michael Race31% Francisco Velasquez29% Jemma Crew31% Osmond Chia31%7/24/2026, 12:48:06 PM
New US tariffs aimed at over 80 countries go into effect42%
The Boston Globe27%By Ana Swanson43%7/24/2026, 4:39:46 AM
Trump to impose fresh wave of tariffs on more than 80 countries63%
The Guardian80%By Gaya Gupta31% Shrai Popat41%7/23/2026, 11:30:32 PM
Trump administration unveils new tariffs on 60 trading partners as temporary duties expire4%
Fox Business92%7/23/2026, 11:15:56 PM
Trump Imposes New 50 Percent Tariff on Canada19%
The American Conservative86%By Joseph Addington39%7/22/2026, 8:34:38 PM
Vermont officials concerned as White House announces 50% tariffs on some Canadian products46%
VTDigger20%By Theo Wells-Spackman67%7/21/2026, 10:21:49 PM
Trump is an Angry, Violent Man … And Canada is His Battered Wife52%
Talking Points Memo91%By Josh Marshall74%7/21/2026, 10:21:24 PM
Trump goes to (trade) war with Canada68%
Vox51%By Zack Beauchamp53%7/21/2026, 8:30:00 PM
Trump slaps 50% tariffs on Canada and Carney vows to 'intensify' trade talks21%
Yahoo News38%By Nadine Yousif - Toronto28% Francisco Velasquez29% Peter Hoskins - Business reporters28%7/21/2026, 12:48:27 PM