Topic summary
⁠0%2 analyzed articles/videos1,344 analyzed words
BS Summary: These White House Correspondents’ Dinner results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Biased Writer Voice, and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7.4% saturation with 400 hits. Analysis detected 4,534 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,376 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠36% (9,848 of 15,342 topics). This White House Correspondents’ Dinner is better (less manipulative) than 64.20% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

36% percentile
025507510035.8% percentile
2.4% BS Score2 analyzed articles5.4K 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 1.2%1.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.4%7.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.0%1.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.4%6.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.1%0.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.5%0.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.4%3.4%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 0.5%0.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 6.7%6.7%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 2.0%2.0%

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 1.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 5.3%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 3.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 2.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.1%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.1%Recency Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%Slippery Slope: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.8%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Secret Service warns of sharp rise in threat levels ahead of rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner⁠28%
CBS News⁠16%By Nicole Sganga⁠7% Pat Milton⁠0%7/22/2026, 10:34:40 PM
Eerie new footage shows WHCD gunman casing hotel and the moment he tries to sprint through security checkpoint⁠42%
Daily Mail Online⁠58%By Stephen M. Lepore⁠0%4/30/2026, 11:13:24 PM
Cole Tomas Allen to remain in custody ahead of trial following WHCD shooting⁠95%
One America News Network⁠0%By Katherine Mosack⁠0%4/30/2026, 5:08:14 PM
Correspondents' dinner chaos offset by viral clip of man eating salad
New York Daily News⁠75%By Theresa Braine⁠61%4/27/2026, 12:13:52 PM
Unearthed video reveals Cole Allen as quiet inventor years before alleged bid to assassinate Trump⁠82%
Fox News⁠88%By Asra Nomani⁠0% Peter D'Abrosca⁠0%4/26/2026, 4:43:40 PM
Correspondents’ dinner shooting suspect called himself ā€˜friendly federal assassin’
The Washington Post⁠91%By Jeremy Roebuck⁠0% Perry Stein⁠0% N. Kirkpatrick Emily Davies⁠0%4/26/2026, 1:35:14 PM
Accused WH Press Dinner Attacker a Tutor, Programmer from California⁠2%
Newsmax⁠75%By MICHAEL BIESECKER⁠44% MICHAEL KUNZELMAN⁠12%4/26/2026, 10:33:23 AM
ā€˜Don’t know why, but I recognized the sound as gunshots. Then I saw President Trump swarmed and a sight that really shook me’⁠22%
The Independent⁠66%By Andrew Feinberg⁠0%4/26/2026, 4:54:18 AM
ā€˜Don’t know why, but I recognized the sound as gunshots. Then I saw President Trump swarmed and a sight that really shook me’⁠22%
The Independent⁠66%By Andrew Feinberg⁠0%4/26/2026, 4:54:18 AM
Inside the chaotic correspondents’ dinner shooting: ā€˜Get down, get down!’⁠72%
The Washington Post⁠91%By Dan Diamond⁠0% Cat Zakrzewski⁠0% Emily Davies⁠0% Maegan Vazquez⁠0%4/26/2026, 4:50:30 AM