Topic summary
54%10 analyzed articles/videos10,992 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Transparency results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 14% saturation with 6,405 hits. Analysis detected 37,785 faulty-reasoning hits from 45,682 analyzed words across 10 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 11% (13,842 of 15,480 topics). This Transparency is better (less manipulative) than 89.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

11% percentile
025507510010.6% percentile
1.6% BS Score10 analyzed articles45.7K 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 7.1%7.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.8%5.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.6%1.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 14.0%14.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.8%0.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.3%2.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 4.1%4.1%

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 7.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 14.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 8.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

How Much Money did Irvine Spend Remodeling City Hall?56%
Voice of OC77%By Noah Biesiada76%7/22/2026, 12:58:00 PM
The city has an ethics watchdog. It hasn’t met in years under Hogsett.32%
Mirror Indy18%By Hayleigh Colombo for IndyStar50% Emily Hopkins50% Peter Blanchard for Mirror Indy50%7/21/2026, 9:00:00 AM
He was having a mental health crisis. Memphis task force agents came and shot him16%
WPLN13%By Juliana Kim87%7/15/2026, 9:38:51 AM
Nina Totenberg’s Alito Retirement Error Reveals a Much Bigger Problem82%
Slate69%By Dahlia Lithwick0% Sonja West0%7/2/2026, 6:18:27 PM
What to know about the growing opposition to Trump family-linked resort in Albania50%
AP News52%By ZANA CIMILI0%6/3/2026, 3:22:45 PM
DOJ says it may need a 'few more weeks' to finish releasing Epstein files89%
NPR84%By The Associated Press65%12/25/2025, 8:06:45 AM
Only one party benefits from the Justice Department’s Epstein redactions: Trump0%
MS NOW94%By Mimi Rocah0%12/24/2025, 2:50:21 AM
‘Infuriated!’: Epstein survivor calls partial DOJ files release ‘another slap in the face’96%
MS NOW94%12/20/2025, 8:39:19 PM
HISD found an employee sent a lewd video to a student. Parents were left in the dark.16%
Houston Landing16%By Asher Lehrer-Small0%5/14/2025, 9:00:00 AM
The Principles of the Truth-O-Meter: PolitiFact’s methodology for independent fact-checking5%
PolitiFact4%By Angie Drobnic Holan3%2/12/2018, 12:00:00 AM