Topic summary
55%9 analyzed articles/videos5,784 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Presidential Authority results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7.3% saturation with 1,681 hits. Analysis detected 15,666 faulty-reasoning hits from 23,161 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 17% (20,503 of 24,545 topics). This Presidential Authority is better (less manipulative) than 83.50% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

17% percentile
025507510016.5% percentile
1.4% BS Score9 analyzed articles23.2K 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 5.9%5.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.3%7.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.2%5.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.7%2.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.1%2.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.3%0.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.4%0.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.9%1.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.2%1.2%

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 5.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 1.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.0%Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Appeals court rules Trump can’t build White House ballroom without congressional approval8%
Boston.com40%By DARLENE SUPERVILLE50% MICHAEL KUNZELMAN19% Associated Press74%8/8/2026, 5:40:59 AM
Trump pitches ballroom as “military center” after appeals court halts construction64%
Salon85%By Alex Galbraith84%8/7/2026, 2:12:00 PM
Appeals court blocks construction of White House ballroom23%
ABC News45%By Peter Charalambous41% Steven Portnoy41%8/7/2026, 10:10:01 AM
Trump moving forward with attempt to fire Lisa Cook after Supreme Court setback: Sources41%
ABC News45%By Katherine Faulders54% Peter Charalambous41% Alexander Mallin30% Steven Portnoy41%8/7/2026, 9:45:44 AM
Trump Majorly Flips Out as Judges Rule His Ballroom Is Illegal54%
The New Republic74%By Edith Olmsted92%8/7/2026, 8:15:17 AM
U.S. attorney fired by Trump less than an hour after getting job files lawsuit21%
MS NOW98%By Fallon Gallagher43%7/21/2026, 1:00:02 PM
Supreme Court allows Trump to say 'you're fired' to meddling bureaucrats69%
New York Post94%By Jonathan Turley0%6/29/2026, 12:13:20 PM
Trump can begin deportations of Syrian, Haitian TPS holders, Supreme Court says50%
NPR93%By Nina Totenberg90%6/25/2026, 7:53:24 AM
Some DC residents, wary of Trump’s motives, uneasily back parts of the National Guard deployment45%
AP News72%By GARY FIELDS38%10/23/2025, 4:04:30 AM