Topic summary
⁠70%1 analyzed article/video214 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Acquisitions results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Framing Effect, and Hindsight Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 17.4% saturation with 149 hits. Analysis detected 1,098 faulty-reasoning hits from 856 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠79% (3,567 of 16,562 topics). This Acquisitions is worse (more manipulative) than 78.50% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 856
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

79% percentile
025507510078.5% percentile
5.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles856 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 10.5%10.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.6%2.6%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Topic 9.7%9.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Tu QuoqueSitewide 0.2%Topic 7.7%7.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.5%1.5%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 7.4%7.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 11.4%11.4%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 3.9%3.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.5%1.5%

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 10.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 17.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 15.9%Confirmation Bias: Topic 11.4%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 11.1%Hindsight Bias: Topic 9.7%, sitewide 1.4%Hasty Generalization: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 5.3%Tu Quoque: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 0.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 7.4%, sitewide 3.3%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.0%Slippery Slope: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 1.7%Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 4.6%Actor-Observer Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 0.6%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 0.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.5%Recency Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.8%Burden of Proof: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.4%Indoctrination: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.0%Red Herring: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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