Topic summary

⁠100%1 analyzed article/video839 analyzed words

BS Summary: These Fearmongering results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Left Leaning Bias, Negativity Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 58.6% saturation with 1,476 hits. Analysis detected 7,732 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,517 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 8.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠88% (1,684 of 13,809 topics). This Fearmongering is worse (more manipulative) than 87.80% of the peer group.

Fearmongering

Topic ranking list

Percentile	Topic	BS Score
⁠0%	Holocaust	1%
⁠0%	Self-Driving Cars	1%
⁠0%	Self Driving Cars	1%
⁠0%	Oakland Culture	1%
⁠0%	Dive Bars	1%
⁠88%	Fearmongering (selected)	9%
⁠100%	Radio Roundup / Week In Review	60%
⁠100%	E-Bikes / Rad Power Bikes	60%
⁠100%	E Bikes Rad Power Bikes	60%
⁠100%	The Last Word With Lawrence O'donnell	69%
⁠100%	The Last Word With Lawrence Odonnell	69%

Topic details

Total words: 2,517

Article count: 1

Authors

Oliver Willis

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Why the GOP loves to use ‘communism’ as an attack⁠^98%

Daily Kos⁠^84%By Oliver Willis⁠^95%7/18/2026, 11:00:00 PM