Topic summary
70%13 analyzed articles/videos9,722 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Community Response results contain 49 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Availability Heuristic, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.6% saturation with 3,535 hits. Analysis detected 27,399 faulty-reasoning hits from 41,080 analyzed words across 13 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 15% (20,960 of 24,545 topics). This Community Response is better (less manipulative) than 85.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

15% percentile
025507510014.6% percentile
1.4% BS Score13 analyzed articles41.1K 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 4.1%4.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.6%8.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.2%8.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.0%2.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.6%1.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.9%1.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.7%3.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.8%1.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.6%0.6%

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 4.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Black Woman Found Hanging in Tree in Mississippi Has Been Identified as Tasia Fortune28%
Capital B News13%By Ashton Pittman33% Mississippi Free Press33%8/7/2026, 10:42:58 AM
Teen killed in North Center e-scooter crash remembered as a 'goofy' boy who was 'always there for everybody'43%
Chicago Sun-Times48%By Violet Miller21%8/5/2026, 6:42:56 PM
Mourning and Resistance23%
South Side Weekly28%By Jill Petty0%8/3/2026, 9:19:56 AM
Rawlins Boy, 8, Dies When Hit By Truck While Riding Bicycle Outside Of Church20%
Cowboy State Daily18%By Kolby Fedore11%8/3/2026, 9:12:00 AM
“Where are all the volunteers?” Kerr County faces worse flood damage with fewer resources23%
The Texas Tribune34%By Emily Foxhall12%7/29/2026, 3:00:00 AM
Nolan Wells’ Official Autopsy Remains Sealed8%
Capital B News13%By Aallyah Wright6%7/22/2026, 8:34:44 AM
New flooding haunts Hill Country residents a year after historic disaster35%
The Texas Tribune34%By Ayden Runnels14% Ellie Ashby14%7/16/2026, 7:06:25 PM
With Utah’s largest fire on their doorstep, 2 rural towns rallied around community25%
KUER85%By Hugo Rikard-Bell81%7/2/2026, 10:31:16 AM
San Francisco Congregation Unites After Church Fire50%
KQED79%By Ayah Ali-Ahmad85%7/1/2026, 2:34:41 PM
A Manitoba Pride group turned a vandalized billboard into a successful protest campaign33%
CBC Listen74%6/25/2026, 5:00:00 PM