Topic summary
0%12 analyzed articles/videos6,132 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Vatican results contain 47 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Halo Effect, and Biased Writer Voice, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 11% saturation with 2,881 hits. Analysis detected 20,268 faulty-reasoning hits from 26,074 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 12% (13,987 of 15,886 topics). This Vatican is better (less manipulative) than 88.00% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

12% percentile
025507510012.0% percentile
1.7% BS Score11 analyzed articles26.1K 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 11.1%11.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.2%7.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.0%5.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.9%0.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.5%4.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.9%0.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.9%1.9%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 11.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Excommunicated Priest Says Future Pope Will Reverse Leo’s Decision35%
Newsweek34%By Hollie Silverman41%7/5/2026, 4:30:52 PM
Pope on vacation after decisive flexing of papal muscle63%
ABC News20%By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press0%7/5/2026, 12:01:00 PM
Thousands of US Catholics Given Excommunication Warning After Schism Ruling6%
Newsweek34%By Jordan King0% Toby Meyjes0%7/2/2026, 8:00:24 AM
Vatican cracks down on a traditionalist group by excommunicating its bishops41%
AP News53%By Nicole Winfield0%7/2/2026, 7:32:57 AM
Vatican declares Society of St. Pius X in schism, excommunicates bishops47%
ABC News20%By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press0%7/2/2026, 7:32:56 AM
What Happens If Rebel Catholics Defy Pope Leo9%
Newsweek34%By Jordan King0%6/28/2026, 8:00:00 AM
Meeting at Vatican last year was ‘unsettling,’ Vance writes in new book83%
The Washington Post92%By Natalie Allison0%6/15/2026, 6:29:13 PM
Pope calls for robust regulation of AI in manifesto that ponders the future of humanity45%
AP News53%By NICOLE WINFIELD0% KAITLYN HUAMANI28% PAOLO SANTALUCIA0%5/25/2026, 9:31:58 AM
Pope Leo’s bank in the US hung up on him as they thought it was a prank call7%
The Independent66%By Owen Scott0%5/7/2026, 12:11:53 PM
What’s behind Trump administration’s feud with the Pope?63%
CBC Radio48%4/17/2026, 12:00:00 AM