Keyword summary
71%8 analyzed articles/videos4,833 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Governor's Race results contain 49 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Self-Serving Bias, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 12.5% saturation with 2,281 hits. Analysis detected 16,012 faulty-reasoning hits from 18,299 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 17% (28,888 of 34,637 keywords). This Governor's Race is better (less manipulative) than 83.40% of the peer group.
Governor's Race

Ranking context

Position among analyzed keywords

17% percentile
025507510016.6% percentile
1.8% BS Score8 analyzed articles18.3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

KeywordSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Keyword 7.5%7.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Keyword 5.2%5.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Keyword 2.1%2.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Keyword 12.5%12.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Keyword 2.6%2.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Keyword 1.3%1.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Keyword 2.9%2.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Keyword 0.9%0.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Keyword 2.6%2.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Keyword 4.4%4.4%

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: Keyword 7.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Keyword 12.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 5.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Keyword 2.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Keyword 2.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Keyword 4.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Keyword 2.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Keyword 3.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Keyword 2.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Keyword 1.3%, sitewide 6.0%Self-Serving Bias: Keyword 5.6%, sitewide 3.7%Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 5.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Keyword 0.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Keyword 1.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Keyword 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Keyword 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Keyword 0.4%, sitewide 3.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Keyword 3.1%, sitewide 2.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Keyword 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Keyword 2.4%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Keyword 2.5%, sitewide 1.9%Loss Aversion: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Keyword 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateKeyword rate

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