Topic summary
77%26 analyzed articles/videos10,628 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Policy results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.3% saturation with 4,581 hits. Analysis detected 43,196 faulty-reasoning hits from 44,573 analyzed words across 26 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 32% (15,307 of 22,501 topics). This Policy is better (less manipulative) than 68.00% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

32% percentile
025507510032.0% percentile
1.9% BS Score26 analyzed articles44.6K 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 10.1%10.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.3%10.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.2%7.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.2%5.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.4%1.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.9%1.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.8%3.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 8.9%8.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.7%1.7%

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 10.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.1%False Dilemma: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.0%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Silicon Valley lawmaker’s playbook aims to block ICE facilities15%
San José Spotlight12%By Keith Menconi40%8/5/2026, 4:47:30 PM
Framing…38%In-Grou…23%
Federal regulators invite industry, researchers, and lobbyists to closed-door meetings on clinical AI9%
STAT61%By Mario Aguilar8/5/2026, 1:05:08 PM
New York Tackles the Myth That Solar is Swallowing Farmland67%
Mother Jones68%By Kathryn Krawczyk85%8/4/2026, 4:30:00 AM
New York City’s Buses Are About to Grow Up60%
Streetsblog NYC72%By Brian Fritsch70%8/3/2026, 9:02:00 PM
Eli Lilly to allow more patients to apply for special access to unapproved obesity drug49%
STAT61%By Lizzy Lawrence84% Elaine Chen56%8/3/2026, 10:27:38 AM
Michigan Supreme Court ruling allows probe into Lilly insulin pricing46%
STAT61%By Ed Silverman75%8/2/2026, 11:14:14 AM
Judge denies xAI’s request to block Minnesota ban on ‘nudify’ apps33%
TechCrunch69%By Anthony Ha73%8/1/2026, 1:26:04 PM
Framing…5%Halo Ef…14%
Journalists Catch You Up on Fauci Hearing, Peptides, and Kids’ Caffeine Consumption2%
KFF Health News39%8/1/2026, 2:00:00 AM
Spanberger’s Coalition of Nothing56%
The American Conservative91%By Spencer Neale86%7/31/2026, 9:05:00 PM
Trump administration revises rebate pilot for 340B drug discount program, angering hospitals76%
STAT61%By Ed Silverman75%7/31/2026, 10:02:27 AM