Topic summary

⁠96%1 analyzed article/video911 analyzed words

BS Summary: These Tariff results contain 38 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Appeal to Emotion, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 20.5% saturation with 561 hits. Analysis detected 3,726 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,733 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠60% (5,488 of 13,596 topics). This Tariff is worse (more manipulative) than 59.60% of the peer group.

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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%
⁠60%	Tariff (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: 2,733

Article count: 1

Authors

Ilya Somin

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Trump's Pernicious Threat to Impose Tariffs on Canada in Response to Wildfires⁠^77%

Reason.com⁠^45%By Ilya Somin⁠^95%7/18/2026, 9:24:15 PM