Topic summary
72%12 analyzed articles/videos11,601 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Private Prisons results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Confirmation Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.7% saturation with 4,001 hits. Analysis detected 29,184 faulty-reasoning hits from 46,156 analyzed words across 12 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of 11% (21,508 of 23,940 topics). This Private Prisons is better (less manipulative) than 89.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

10% percentile
025507510010.2% percentile
1.2% BS Score12 analyzed articles46.2K 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%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.3%5.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.7%8.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.1%2.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.5%0.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.0%1.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.8%0.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.3%0.3%

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 8.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.5%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 2.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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inewsource33%By Jake Kincaid54%8/6/2026, 5:09:09 PM
Two more deaths at Delaney Hall detention center as ICE arrests surge48%
Salon85%By Bob Hennelly67%8/6/2026, 3:00:55 AM
It’s official: The dormant prison in rural Appleton will become an ICE detention center13%
MinnPost34%By Brian Arola63% Ana Radelat61%8/4/2026, 8:56:07 AM
Former Minnesota prison to reopen this year as federal immigration detention center7%
Sahan Journal25%By Katelyn Vue4%8/4/2026, 7:52:46 AM
As For-Profit Companies Battle Over ICE Contracts, Immigrants Are Caught in the Middle5%
Mother Jones68%By Dan Friedman53% Will Sytsma5% Nick Schwellenbach18%8/3/2026, 9:00:00 AM
Eureka ICE Detainee Rudy Jimenez Gonzalez Transferred to Privately Run Colorado Detention Facility51%
Lost Coast Outpost25%By Ryan Burns45%7/20/2026, 5:44:32 AM
ICE Contractor Arrested For Shooting Protester29%
Mother Jones68%By Alex Nguyen52%7/17/2026, 2:07:29 PM
Delaney Hall is reshaping how ICE runs its detention centers60%
Salon.com85%By Russell Payne77%6/29/2026, 3:30:56 AM
ICE Tried to Deport an Asylum-Seeker. Now He’s Being Denied Care for a Growing Tumor in a Private Prison.24%
The Intercept85%By Jessica Washington78%6/23/2026, 1:50:00 AM
Judge Sanctioned Private Prison Giant for Destroying Evidence in ICE Death Suit31%
The Intercept85%By Timothy Pratt0%5/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM