Topic summary
67%12 analyzed articles/videos8,135 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Vatican results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Biased Writer Voice, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 10.5% saturation with 3,077 hits. Analysis detected 23,141 faulty-reasoning hits from 29,185 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 27% (18,134 of 24,569 topics). This Vatican is better (less manipulative) than 73.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

26% percentile
025507510026.2% percentile
1.7% BS Score11 analyzed articles29.2K 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 10.5%10.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.2%7.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.5%5.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.0%1.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.7%4.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.8%0.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.8%1.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.9%2.9%

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 10.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Excommunicated Priest Says Future Pope Will Reverse Leo’s Decision51%
Newsweek61%By Hollie Silverman65%7/5/2026, 9:30:52 AM
Pope on vacation after decisive flexing of papal muscle75%
ABC News45%By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press0%7/5/2026, 5:01:00 AM
Thousands of US Catholics Given Excommunication Warning After Schism Ruling24%
Newsweek61%By Jordan King49% Toby Meyjes37%7/2/2026, 1:00:24 AM
Vatican cracks down on a traditionalist group by excommunicating its bishops57%
AP News72%By Nicole Winfield0%7/2/2026, 12:32:57 AM
Vatican declares Society of St. Pius X in schism, excommunicates bishops62%
ABC News45%By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press0%7/2/2026, 12:32:56 AM
What Happens If Rebel Catholics Defy Pope Leo41%
Newsweek61%By Jordan King49%6/28/2026, 1:00:00 AM
Meeting at Vatican last year was ‘unsettling,’ Vance writes in new book89%
The Washington Post97%By Natalie Allison87%6/15/2026, 11:29:13 AM
Pope calls for robust regulation of AI in manifesto that ponders the future of humanity60%
AP News72%By NICOLE WINFIELD0% KAITLYN HUAMANI52% PAOLO SANTALUCIA0%5/25/2026, 2:31:58 AM
Pope Leo’s bank in the US hung up on him as they thought it was a prank call15%
The Independent82%By Owen Scott59%5/7/2026, 5:11:53 AM
What’s behind Trump administration’s feud with the Pope?75%
CBC Radio74%4/16/2026, 5:00:00 PM