Topic summary
60%45 analyzed articles/videos36,491 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government Funding results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.1% saturation with 13,800 hits. Analysis detected 124,137 faulty-reasoning hits from 169,610 analyzed words across 45 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 13% (19,439 of 22,291 topics). This Government Funding is better (less manipulative) than 87.20% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

13% percentile
025507510012.8% percentile
1.4% BS Score45 analyzed articles169.6K 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 6.2%6.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.1%8.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.9%5.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.1%1.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.4%1.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.9%2.9%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.9%0.9%

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 6.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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CT Mirror33%By P.R. Lockhart45%8/3/2026, 4:30:00 AM
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MinnPost37%By Cleo Krejci26%8/3/2026, 3:00:00 AM
Report: California High-Speed Train Debacle Not Caused by Trump but by State Missing Grant Deadlines62%
Breitbart89%By Lowell Cauffiel86%8/2/2026, 4:33:20 AM
‘Payout Pot for Punks’: Senator Quickly Reacts to Trump’s Latest Anti-Weaponization Fund Push60%
Mediaite82%By Kathianne Boniello88%8/1/2026, 5:51:23 AM
Trump Vows to Get Anti-Weaponization fund ‘PASSED’ – a Day After Calling it ‘Dead’49%
Mediaite82%By Kathianne Boniello88%8/1/2026, 5:26:57 AM
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PhillyVoice46%By Kate Wells39% Stephanie Armour62% KFF Health News41%8/1/2026, 2:01:00 AM
Estrella del Paso shuts down legal services program for unaccompanied migrant children as Trump ends funding42%
El Paso Matters8%By Cindy Ramirez19%7/31/2026, 5:26:29 PM