Topic summary
91%20 analyzed articles/videos8,619 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Antitrust results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Hasty Generalization, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 10.1% saturation with 3,857 hits. Analysis detected 38,949 faulty-reasoning hits from 38,341 analyzed words across 20 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 36% (15,862 of 24,545 topics). This Antitrust is better (less manipulative) than 64.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

35% percentile
025507510035.4% percentile
1.9% BS Score20 analyzed articles38.3K 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 10.1%10.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.8%8.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.8%8.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.0%2.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.0%5.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.0%1.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.0%1.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.2%1.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.3%2.3%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Topic 0.7%0.7%

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 10.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.0%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 3.7%Slippery Slope: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 1.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.1%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Indoctrination: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Vermont ski conglomerate sued for ticket price-fixing43%
Vermont Daily Chronicle33%By Timothy Page37%8/7/2026, 5:46:04 PM
Free Press Plans to Take Carr to Court in Response to Thursday's Unlawful Decision to Eliminate a Vital Limit on Media Consolidation82%
Common Dreams98%By Newswire Editor98%8/6/2026, 8:51:20 AM
Judge sets trial date for Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. antitrust lawsuit37%
Washington Examiner83%By Claire Carter53%8/4/2026, 6:13:28 PM
Europe hits Google with $1 billion fine for boxing-out rivals54%
Engadget65%By Steve Dent60%7/23/2026, 4:17:59 AM
EU gives Paramount's Warner Bros. acquisition the go-ahead39%
Engadget65%By Ian Carlos Campbell49%7/22/2026, 12:41:49 PM
Apple in talks to settle DOJ antitrust lawsuit, per report29%
9to5Mac75%By Chance Miller52%7/17/2026, 10:17:50 AM
No court can fix a broken foundation: The Durbin Amendment’s flaw55%
Washington Examiner83%By Leah Locke0%7/16/2026, 6:00:00 AM
Third-Party App Stores Are Finally Coming to Google Play30%
Lifehacker79%By Jake Peterson50%7/15/2026, 11:30:00 AM
Californians may get a new way to sue big companies. Some Democrats are nervous54%
CalMatters50%By Ryan Sabalow45%7/15/2026, 5:30:00 AM
12 states challenge Paramount’s takeover of Warner, say merger would ‘extinguish competition’66%
AP News72%By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS92%7/13/2026, 9:30:05 AM