Trump-backed prayer festival on National Mall draws thousands: ‘We welcome Jesus!’ 66%
By Michelle Boorstein0% Laura Meckler0% Mariana Alfaro0%
5/17/2026, 10:00:00 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 15 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 41.6% saturation with 47 hits. Analysis detected 414 faulty-reasoning hits from 113 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 60% and a BS Rank of 66% (5,862 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 65.10% of the article peer group.
A crowd of thousands transformed a block of the National Mall into an evangelical-style worship service Sunday at an event backed by President Donald Trump and funded with millions of taxpayer dollars.
The lineup of influential speakers and their backgrounds.
How the event ties into broader debates on church-state separation.
A crowd of thousands are gathering at the National Mall for a prayer festival featuring Trump administration officials that aims to link the United States' founding with Christianity.
Critics argue the event distorts history and blurs the line separating of church and state.
Protests are planned by groups opposed to religious nationalism.
Confirmation Bias
13.3%Confirmation Bias
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13.3%AuthorMichelle Boorstein
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Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
24.8%Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
37.2%Framing Effect
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37.2%AuthorMichelle Boorstein
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Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
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Pessimism Bias
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Negativity Bias
41.6%Negativity Bias
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41.6%AuthorMichelle Boorstein
14.9%PublicationThe Washington Post
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Self-Serving Bias
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Fundamental Attribution Error
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Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
8%In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
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Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
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Primacy Effect
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Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
28.3%Appeal to Authority
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False Dilemma
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Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
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Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
34.5%Appeal to Emotion
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Begging the Question
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
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Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
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No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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Gambler’s Fallacy
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Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
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Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
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Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
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113 words analyzed.
Analysis
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