Topic summary
70%9 analyzed articles/videos6,192 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Political Funding results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Negativity Bias, and Politically Right Leaning Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 14.6% saturation with 3,512 hits. Analysis detected 26,265 faulty-reasoning hits from 24,017 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of 45% (12,158 of 21,936 topics). This Political Funding is better (less manipulative) than 55.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

45% percentile
025507510044.6% percentile
2.3% BS Score9 analyzed articles24K 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 14.6%14.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.6%6.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 14.4%14.4%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 8.6%8.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 12.2%12.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.9%0.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%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 14.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 12.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 14.4%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 9.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 1.4%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 2.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.4%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Blanche and Trump pitch wildly different messages on the fate of the ‘slush fund’33%
MS NOW97%By Steve Benen99%8/3/2026, 5:00:52 AM
Follow the money, which leads to Susan Collins | Letter90%
The Portland Press Herald34%By Deb Sayer91%8/1/2026, 2:00:00 PM
The Trump administration wants $10 million more to cover its July Fourth celebrations23%
WAMU34%By Jsinnenberg37%7/31/2026, 5:28:33 AM
Detroit Evening Report: FEMA awards reimbursements for winter storm recovery efforts8%
WDET 101.9 FM24%By Nargis Rahman23%7/27/2026, 2:21:20 PM
Trump administration concedes that it canceled research grants in blue states27%
NBC News58%By Gary Grumbach34% Kyla Guilfoil26%7/24/2026, 3:12:40 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Senate Bill Cracks Down on Shady Charities That Funnel Cash From Left-Wing Donors to Extremists, Including Israel-Hating Groups That Back Hamas79%
Washington Free Beacon92%By Adam Kredo96%7/23/2026, 2:00:47 AM
How Fergie Chambers Built a Radical Funding Network and Landed in a Spanish Jail65%
The Free Press81%By Jay Solomon78%7/21/2026, 7:50:10 PM
Meet the 39 Out-of-State Billionaires Bankrolling Jon Ossoff's Campaign After Senator Denounced 'Billionaire Money' and 'Coin-Operated' System74%
The Washington Free Beacon92%By Andrew Kerr84%7/15/2026, 2:00:34 AM
A Guide to Every Congressional Candidate Being Funded by AIPAC64%
L.A. TACO91%By Abraham Marquez0%5/18/2026, 12:08:35 PM