Topic summary
28% 5 analyzed articles/videos 272 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Accident results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Negativity Bias , and Appeal to Authority , with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 15.4% saturation with 1,259 hits . Analysis detected 5,588 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,168 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 31% (10,863 of 15,555 topics). This Accident is better (less manipulative) than 69.80% of the peer group. Accident
Topic details
Total words: 8,168
Article count: 5
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
30% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 30.2% percentile 2.2% BS Score5 analyzed articles8.2K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 3.9% 3.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 6.3% 6.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 15.4% 15.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 8.5% 8.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 4.5% 4.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.7% 2.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 1.8% 1.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.8% 0.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 1.8% 1.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.5% 0.5% 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 3.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 15.9% Halo Effect: Topic 15.4%, sitewide 6.7% Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.3% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.8% Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.0% Slippery Slope: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.7% Begging the Question: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.7% False Dilemma: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst