Topic summary
66%55 analyzed articles/videos16,462 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Assault results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Framing Effect, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.1% saturation with 10,088 hits. Analysis detected 60,701 faulty-reasoning hits from 90,917 analyzed words across 55 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 13% (21,336 of 24,468 topics). This Assault is better (less manipulative) than 87.20% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

13% percentile
025507510012.8% percentile
1.3% BS Score55 analyzed articles90.9K 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 5.5%5.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.8%5.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.1%11.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.7%0.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.5%0.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.7%2.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.9%1.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.9%2.9%

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 5.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.1%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Negativ…14%Ambigui…6%Biased …5%
Machete man flees, caught by cops: VSP2%
Vermont Daily Chronicle33%By Guy Page16%8/8/2026, 6:36:46 AM
Father faces assault charges after two sons shot in Jonesboro6%
FOX 5 Atlanta11%By Ella Talmadge4%8/8/2026, 5:14:14 AM
Another GOP Politician Arrested For Viciously Assaulting His Wife31%
Crooks and Liars95%By Red Painter48%8/7/2026, 4:07:50 PM
Good Samaritan stops man accused of stealing woman’s jewelry in Brickell; suspect charged with grand theft7%
WSVN 7News29%By Jessica Holly0% Matthew Garcia37%8/7/2026, 1:12:47 PM
Negativ…6%Appeal …6%Biased …5%
5 charged after NY Thruway rest area employees attacked2%
The Journal News3%By New York Connect Team5%8/7/2026, 2:46:12 AM
North Carolina Career Criminal Arrested Again for Randomly Assaulting Women74%
Townhall93%By Amy Curtis96%8/7/2026, 1:30:19 AM
Surveillance video shows man randomly sucker punching 61-year-old woman in Miami; suspect in custody48%
7News29%By Matthew Garcia37%8/6/2026, 5:38:07 PM
Negativ…82%Appeal …36%
Michigan woman who was ‘brutally attacked’ while visiting Wilmington still recovering48%
KOLD10%8/4/2026, 4:03:24 PM
Vics IDd, details released about Newbury shooting0%
Vermont Daily Chronicle33%By Timothy Page37%8/4/2026, 9:48:18 AM
Framing…15%Self-Se…8%Fundame…2%Appeal …14%
Nassau police shoot knife-wielding man in the face in Westbury, commissioner says5%
Newsday30%By Nicholas Grasso3% Maureen Mullarkey7%8/4/2026, 4:42:08 AM