Topic summary
61%19 analyzed articles/videos18,462 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Freedom Of The Press results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Confirmation Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 11.3% saturation with 8,092 hits. Analysis detected 59,102 faulty-reasoning hits from 71,604 analyzed words across 19 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 24% (18,085 of 23,715 topics). This Freedom Of The Press is better (less manipulative) than 76.30% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

24% percentile
025507510023.7% percentile
1.6% BS Score19 analyzed articles71.6K 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 6.9%6.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.3%5.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.7%9.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.7%0.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 11.3%11.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.2%1.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.7%0.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.3%1.3%

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 6.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 11.3%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 2.0%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

The police’s shameful role in the Jason Arday affair29%
spiked96%By Paul Birch79%8/8/2026, 3:00:23 AM
The Government Shouldn’t Pick Winners and Losers in Media22%
The Bulwark78%By Sonny Bunch82%8/7/2026, 12:53:16 PM
Publicizing special operator identities could be a crime under proposed law32%
Task & Purpose8%By Patty Nieberg24%8/5/2026, 11:26:11 AM
Police investigated journalist after he questioned Cambridge ‘DEI champion’ professor Jason Arday’s claims46%
Human Events83%By Ben Tumulty80%8/4/2026, 5:00:00 PM
A New Jersey news outlet asks the courts to stop a judge's censorship22%
Reason.com59%By Jacob Sullum45%8/3/2026, 6:10:29 AM
MI5 Directors Who Plotted IRGC ‘Terror’ Ban Exposed In Leaked Emails49%
ScheerPost67%By Kit Klarenberg · The Grayzzone56%8/1/2026, 6:06:00 AM
EPA Ordered — Again — To Release $2.8B in Climate Justice Funds62%
WhoWhatWhy87%By Whowhatwhy Editors66%7/31/2026, 3:30:23 AM
Transcript: Trump Blurted Out Vile Plot to Censor ABC—and It Backfired8%
The New Republic74%By The Daily Blast59% Greg Sargent61%7/31/2026, 3:01:48 AM
Free Press Calls for End to Carr’s Unconstitutional Crusade Against ABC87%
Common Dreams98%By Newswire Editor98%7/30/2026, 2:27:33 PM
Collins backs Trump’s new intelligence director who refused to say who won in 202060%
Maine Beacon90%By Beacon Staff83%7/30/2026, 12:00:07 PM