Topic summary
80%39 analyzed articles/videos26,748 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Fbi results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 13.2% saturation with 12,737 hits. Analysis detected 103,066 faulty-reasoning hits from 96,730 analyzed words across 38 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 39% (15,059 of 24,545 topics). This Fbi is better (less manipulative) than 61.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

39% percentile
025507510038.6% percentile
2.0% BS Score38 analyzed articles96.7K 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 8.0%8.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.3%7.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 13.2%13.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.3%5.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.2%1.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.0%1.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.1%4.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.1%2.1%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.5%0.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.7%4.7%

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 8.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 13.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 5.3%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Ad Hominem: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 2.2%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.4%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Burden of Proof: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.4%Bandwagon: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

FBI Working With Pasadena Police on Huntington Hospital Bomb Threat Hoax8%
Pasadena Now12%By Gab Apo12%8/7/2026, 11:35:00 PM
FBI Agent Accused Of Stealing Nearly $1 Million In Cryptocurrency14%
The Seattle Medium45%By Sean Lyngaas11%8/4/2026, 8:40:00 AM
Puerto Rico police have 'person of interest' in killing of Ohio camper13%
The Enquirer7%By Brenda Ordonez14% Jennifer Edwards Baker13%7/31/2026, 5:00:26 AM
New York Times Subpoena Fight Marks Latest Clash in Trump's Legal War with US Media Over Air Force One Probe37%
International Business Times UK82%By Bernadette B. Tixon53%7/23/2026, 2:20:01 PM
Jenkintown man allegedly impersonated FBI agent at Philly grocery store17%
PhillyVoice41%By Michaela Althouse18%7/23/2026, 10:14:39 AM
Thirty Years Later, FBI Record Exposes a Missing Piece of the TWA Flight 800 Investigation16%
RedState96%By Ben Smith69%7/23/2026, 1:30:37 AM
The FBI reportedly won’t investigate ICE anymore77%
The Verge70%By Terrence O'Brien77%7/19/2026, 9:42:10 AM
Deep State crawls out of the woodwork: Meet former FBI executive Nikki Floris85%
American Thinker96%By Monica Showalter98%7/17/2026, 5:00:00 PM
Family to hold a vigil for man fatally shot by immigration officer in Houston41%
The Independent82%By David Phillip56% Lekan Oyekanmi79% Safiyah Riddle56%7/16/2026, 3:49:15 PM
FBI suggests migrants’ van in fatal Houston shooting had meth. A lawyer says it was salt.40%
The Texas Tribune34%By Alex Nguyen53% Uriel J. García38%7/16/2026, 10:22:41 AM