Topic summary
⁠9%1 analyzed article/video1,373 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Actual Malice results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Self-Serving Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Slippery Slope, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.8% saturation with 374 hits. Analysis detected 2,681 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,492 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠10% (14,934 of 16,560 topics). This Actual Malice is better (less manipulative) than 90.20% of the peer group.
Actual Malice
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 5,492
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

10% percentile
02550751009.8% percentile
1.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles5.5K 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 1.3%1.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.9%1.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.8%6.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.6%0.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.0%2.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.9%0.9%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.6%0.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%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 1.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 7.5%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 3.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Slippery Slope: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 1.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Burden of Proof: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 0.4%Circular Reasoning: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.1%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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