Keyword summary
85%19 analyzed articles/videos15,363 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Cars results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.4% saturation with 6,489 hits. Analysis detected 43,054 faulty-reasoning hits from 62,367 analyzed words across 19 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 15% (49,977 of 58,409 keywords). This Cars is better (less manipulative) than 85.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed keywords

14% percentile
025507510014.4% percentile
1.4% BS Score19 analyzed articles62.4K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

KeywordSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Keyword 4.0%4.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Keyword 4.3%4.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Keyword 10.4%10.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Keyword 3.9%3.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Keyword 0.2%0.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Keyword 0.8%0.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Keyword 1.7%1.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Keyword 3.4%3.4%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Keyword 1.0%1.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Keyword 4.5%4.5%

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: Keyword 4.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Keyword 10.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 4.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Keyword 3.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Keyword 3.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Keyword 4.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Keyword 1.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Keyword 0.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Keyword 0.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Keyword 2.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 4.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Keyword 4.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Keyword 1.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Keyword 1.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Keyword 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Keyword 2.7%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Keyword 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Keyword 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Keyword 1.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Keyword 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Keyword 2.1%, sitewide 1.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Keyword 0.3%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateKeyword rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Crime report: Gun stolen in Crystal City garage break-ins, indecent exposure arrest in Rosslyn6%
ARLnow.com9%By ARLnow.com11%8/4/2026, 5:30:20 AM
One billboard, $3M a year: Welcome to AI’s advertising arms race67%
The San Francisco Standard57%By Max Harrison-Caldwell53%8/3/2026, 6:00:00 AM
The ‘Guardrail Guy’ Went Viral for Posting About Flock Cameras. Then Someone Destroyed Them16%
WIRED39%By Caroline Haskins32%8/3/2026, 2:30:00 AM
No arrests made after 'illegal street takeover' in Denver, police say39%
The Denver Post29%By Lauren Penington18%8/2/2026, 4:59:33 PM
When ICE arrests you, what happens to your car?8%
Baltimore Brew24%By Haley Parsley/ Capital News Service7%7/30/2026, 10:29:22 PM
The Metro: The push to quiet cars in the Motor City27%
WDET 101.9 FM24%By Sam Corey32% The Metro28%7/22/2026, 12:24:41 PM
Safety improvements will come too late to a deadly East Oakland intersection15%
The Oaklandside25%By Jose Fermoso37%7/21/2026, 2:06:28 PM
A Device Hidden in Cars Across the US Leaves Them Vulnerable to Hacking and Paralysis. Patch It Now49%
WIRED39%By Andy Greenberg56%7/21/2026, 3:00:00 AM
Trump Imposes 50 Percent Tariff on Variety of Canadian Goods Over ‘Discrimination’ of American Autos53%
Breitbart89%By Nick Gilbertson78%7/20/2026, 9:56:28 AM
2026 Kia K4 Hatchback: Bigger and better than you’d think64%
The Philadelphia Inquirer42%By Scott Sturgis0%7/9/2026, 5:01:00 AM