Topic summary
81%25 analyzed articles/videos28,499 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government Overreach results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Negativity Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 13% saturation with 14,249 hits. Analysis detected 121,902 faulty-reasoning hits from 109,649 analyzed words across 25 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 40% (13,564 of 22,420 topics). This Government Overreach is better (less manipulative) than 60.50% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

40% percentile
025507510039.5% percentile
2.1% BS Score25 analyzed articles109.6K 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 13.0%13.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.7%9.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.6%8.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 12.0%12.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.6%0.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.4%1.4%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 5.8%5.8%

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 13.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 12.0%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 2.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.6%Slippery Slope: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 1.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.9%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%False Dilemma: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Fauci is a distraction - Blogs41%
American Thinker96%By Jay Davidson0%8/3/2026, 9:00:00 PM
Eshelman: Who will be today’s Robespierre?77%
Vermont Daily Chronicle30%By Timothy Page30%8/3/2026, 5:40:44 AM
FISA Section 702 Isn’t the Only Way the Government Spies on Our Communications55%
ScheerPost64%By Jeremy Busby89% Isabella Lucia Maitino73%8/2/2026, 7:04:53 AM
The College Transparency Act Is Another Form Of Big Government Surveillance61%
The Federalist95%By Hannah Bates69%7/30/2026, 1:47:05 PM
‘The Government Hopes To Set a Precedent’: An Interview With the Man Charged for Allegedly Wiping His GrapheneOS Phone64%
404 Media67%By Joseph Cox74%7/28/2026, 10:27:01 AM
Steven Greenhut: ICE’s unraveling cases spotlight agency’s police-state tactics50%
San Diego Union-Tribune50%By Steven Greenhut89%7/24/2026, 5:00:06 AM
House Subpoena of BreakThrough News Threatens Press Freedom91%
Common Dreams98%By Newswire Editor98%7/23/2026, 9:57:20 AM
DHS Chief Threatens to Imprison Election Officials Who Don’t Comply With Trump71%
Truthout84%By Brad Reed95%7/18/2026, 8:33:32 AM
Alameda County expands the surveillance state with renewal of Flock Safety cameras72%
San Francisco Chronicle34%By Zach A. Brooks88%7/17/2026, 4:00:00 AM
Subpoenas issued to NY Times reporters seen as ‘unprecedented’ threat to press freedom73%
WTOP48%By WTOP Staff42%7/14/2026, 5:58:46 AM