Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video1,230 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Afghan Veteran results contain 33 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Negativity Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 12.2% saturation with 598 hits. Analysis detected 4,138 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,920 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠41% (9,826 of 16,562 topics). This Afghan Veteran is better (less manipulative) than 59.30% of the peer group.
Afghan Veteran
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Topic details
Total words: 4,920
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

41% percentile
025507510040.7% percentile
2.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.9K 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 5.2%5.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.2%8.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.3%1.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.8%0.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 12.0%12.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.7%2.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 12.2%12.2%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.2%1.2%

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 5.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 12.2%, sitewide 15.9%Confirmation Bias: Topic 12.0%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.3%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.1%Burden of Proof: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 0.4%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.8%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%False Dilemma: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.5%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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