Topic summary
⁠11%2 analyzed articles/videos1,723 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Abington results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Negativity Bias, and Appeal to Authority, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 8.8% saturation with 607 hits. Analysis detected 3,310 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,892 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠19% (13,541 of 16,562 topics). This Abington is better (less manipulative) than 81.80% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 6,892
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

18% percentile
025507510018.2% percentile
1.8% BS Score2 analyzed articles6.9K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 0.8%0.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 0.9%0.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.4%6.4%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 8.8%8.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.6%0.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.8%0.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.9%1.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.7%1.7%

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: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 9.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 0.5%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 5.3%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.5%Burden of Proof: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.8%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.1%Primacy Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.9%Indoctrination: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.0%Actor-Observer Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.6%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos