Keyword summary
70%15 analyzed articles/videos7,223 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Lawmakers results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.6% saturation with 4,430 hits. Analysis detected 33,521 faulty-reasoning hits from 41,831 analyzed words across 15 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 21% (47,372 of 59,653 keywords). This Lawmakers is better (less manipulative) than 79.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed keywords

21% percentile
025507510020.6% percentile
1.5% BS Score15 analyzed articles41.8K 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 7.8%7.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Keyword 5.3%5.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Keyword 10.6%10.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Keyword 3.9%3.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Keyword 0.6%0.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Keyword 3.3%3.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Keyword 1.5%1.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Keyword 3.0%3.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Keyword 1.5%1.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Keyword 0.4%0.4%

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 7.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Keyword 10.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 5.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Keyword 3.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Keyword 3.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Keyword 4.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Keyword 3.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Keyword 1.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Keyword 1.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 2.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Keyword 2.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Keyword 0.4%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Keyword 4.5%, sitewide 3.3%Anchoring Bias: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Keyword 1.5%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Unattributed Quote: Keyword 2.8%, sitewide 1.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Keyword 2.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Keyword 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Keyword 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Keyword 2.2%, sitewide 2.0%Status Quo Bias: Keyword 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateKeyword rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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California Lawmakers Fail to Fix Warning System for Teacher Misconduct — Again21%
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The Politics of Grant Cuts55%
WAMU29%By Julie Rovner52%7/30/2026, 11:03:18 AM
We Asked GOP Lawmakers About Their Own Nominee. Watch Them Bolt.81%
The Bulwark79%By Sam Stein97%7/23/2026, 11:08:54 AM
Amid Mounting War Casualties, Pete Hegseth “Defunded and Impeded” Efforts to Protect Civilians, Lawmakers Say70%
ProPublica52%By Hannah Allam0% Megan Rose0%7/6/2026, 9:00:00 AM
Tom Kean’s Absence Shows How Congress Has Failed Itself46%
NOTUS0%By Paul Kane0% Joe Gould0%7/2/2026, 2:00:00 AM
Washington governor, AG and state lawmakers get 7% pay hikes22%
KUOW87%By Jerry Cornfield58% Washington State Standard76%7/1/2026, 3:52:55 PM