Topic summary
79%27 analyzed articles/videos20,652 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Us Elections results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Framing Effect, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 18% saturation with 15,918 hits. Analysis detected 125,193 faulty-reasoning hits from 88,634 analyzed words across 26 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.7% and a BS Rank of 44% (9,312 of 16,408 topics). This Us Elections is better (less manipulative) than 56.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

43% percentile
025507510043.2% percentile
2.7% BS Score26 analyzed articles88.6K 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%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 18.0%18.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.9%6.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 13.9%13.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.4%1.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.4%1.4%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 6.4%6.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.8%2.8%

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 9.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 13.9%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 18.0%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 11.2%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 2.0%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.3%, sitewide 3.3%Ad Hominem: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 2.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 1.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.1%Indoctrination: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 0.0%False Dilemma: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Trump gutted the agency built to stop election interference68%
MS NOW95%By Laura Barrón-López79%7/22/2026, 10:00:00 AM
Trump guts election commission in move seen as increasing his sway over midterms38%
The Highland County Press0%By David Lightman0% Stateline25%7/21/2026, 12:00:00 AM
"I'm Not Living In Communist America": Bill Maher Blasts Marxist DSA Democrats, Says He May Vote For JD Vance96%
ZeroHedge71%By Tyler Durden62%7/20/2026, 1:40:00 PM
Trump Attacks Socialism Because He Knows Americans Want It90%
Jacobin61%By Liza Featherstone95%7/20/2026, 10:49:10 AM
Trump’s Plan for November Is Failing81%
The Atlantic98%By David A. Graham96%7/17/2026, 4:33:00 PM
Did China steal 2020 US election data, as Trump claims?54%
Al Jazeera60%By Shola Lawal34%7/17/2026, 12:10:39 PM
After Birthplace Citizenship Ruling, China Won’t Need Hackers To Meddle In US Elections100%
The Federalist89%By Jordan Boyd75%7/17/2026, 9:00:00 AM
China Denies Trump’s Election Meddling Allegation50%
Newsweek35%By Micah McCartney0%7/17/2026, 8:26:43 AM
The Latest: Long-debunked election claims could be a part of Trump’s address to the nation34%
Yahoo News39%By The Associated Press63%7/16/2026, 12:26:11 PM
Trump to allege Chinese meddling in U.S. elections in primetime speech, sources say19%
CBS News19%By Jennifer Jacobs26%7/16/2026, 12:29:21 AM