Topic summary
82%1 analyzed article/video866 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Afghans results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Confirmation Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 19.7% saturation with 999 hits. Analysis detected 5,473 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,064 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.5% and a BS Rank of 60% (6,689 of 16,562 topics). This Afghans is worse (more manipulative) than 59.60% of the peer group.
Afghans
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Topic details
Total words: 5,064
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

60% percentile
025507510059.6% percentile
3.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles5.1K 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 7.0%7.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.5%4.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.3%0.3%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 6.2%6.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.2%1.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 19.7%19.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 11.0%11.0%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Topic 0.2%0.2%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Topic 3.2%3.2%

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 7.0%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 19.7%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 17.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 11.0%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 8.1%Pessimism Bias: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 1.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.3%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 1.1%Burden of Proof: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 0.4%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Indoctrination: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.0%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.0%Personal Incredulity: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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