Keyword summary
63%9 analyzed articles/videos7,638 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Friedrich Merz results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.7% saturation with 2,723 hits. Analysis detected 20,789 faulty-reasoning hits from 31,449 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 19% (48,906 of 59,742 keywords). This Friedrich Merz is better (less manipulative) than 81.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed keywords

18% percentile
025507510018.1% percentile
1.5% BS Score9 analyzed articles31.4K 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 6.2%6.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Keyword 4.6%4.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Keyword 8.7%8.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Keyword 2.3%2.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Keyword 1.3%1.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Keyword 1.6%1.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Keyword 3.2%3.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Keyword 2.5%2.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Keyword 1.4%1.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Keyword 3.8%3.8%

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: Keyword 6.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Keyword 8.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 4.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Keyword 2.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Keyword 1.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Keyword 3.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Keyword 3.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Keyword 1.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Keyword 2.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Keyword 3.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 5.1%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Keyword 1.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Keyword 1.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Keyword 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Keyword 1.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Keyword 2.7%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Keyword 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Keyword 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Keyword 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Keyword 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Keyword 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateKeyword rate

Analyzed articles and videos

A Surrogacy Scandal Reveals Germany Is Much More Socially Conservative Than You Think45%
Foreign Policy58%By John Kampfner62%7/31/2026, 2:50:24 AM
UK leader Burnham gathers his Cabinet after sweeping away Starmer supporters58%
WTOP46%By WTOP Staff41%7/21/2026, 5:47:04 AM
‘Grab Whatever You Want’: Trump Reportedly Told White House Guests to Take Swag That Could Sell for ‘Thousands of Dollars’66%
Mediaite83%By Michael Luciano75%7/6/2026, 10:49:13 PM
World leaders wish the U.S. a happy 250th birthday66%
One America News Network96%By OAN Staff Katherine Mosack0%7/4/2026, 6:47:39 AM
Hot mics at the G7 capture world leaders’ chats between weighty topics9%
AP News72%By ROB GILLIES48% SYLVIE CORBET54% DARLENE SUPERVILLE50% COLLIN BINKLEY43%6/16/2026, 9:37:26 AM
Trump arrives at G7 summit looking for momentum after announcing a deal to end the Iran war66%
AP News72%By SYLVIE CORBET54% AAMER MADHANI83% DARLENE SUPERVILLE50%6/14/2026, 9:01:12 PM
Russia uses hypersonic Oreshnik missile in mass attack on Kyiv5%
AP News72%By SAMYA KULLAB0% VASILISA STEPANENKO0%5/23/2026, 7:45:09 PM
Pentagon halts deployments to Poland and Germany to cut troop numbers in Europe, AP sources say61%
AP News72%By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN80% EMMA BURROWS0% BEN FINLEY26% CLAUDIA CIOBANU0%5/15/2026, 10:38:26 AM
Trump says US will reduce number of troops in Germany ‘a lot further’ than withdrawal of 5,00060%
AP News72%By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER0% EMMA BURROWS0% AAMER MADHANI83%5/2/2026, 7:33:11 AM