Topic summary

⁠35%1 analyzed article/video814 analyzed words

BS Summary: These Foil Appeals results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 20.1% saturation with 655 hits. Analysis detected 2,699 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,256 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠54% (5,663 of 12,186 topics). This Foil Appeals is worse (more manipulative) than 53.50% of the peer group.

Foil Appeals

Topic ranking list

Percentile	Topic	BS Score
⁠0%	Holocaust	1%
⁠0%	Self-Driving Cars	1%
⁠0%	Self Driving Cars	1%
⁠0%	Survival Stories	1%
⁠0%	Gender Identity	1%
⁠54%	Foil Appeals (selected)	4%
⁠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: 3,256

Article count: 1

Authors

Thomas Tracy

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Foil Appeals attribute percentages, with an overlaid sitewide baseline for those same attributes.

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The Mercury News⁠^21%By Thomas Tracy⁠^45%7/13/2026, 11:51:54 AM