Topic summary
49% 13 analyzed articles/videos 7,426 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Africa results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Appeal to Authority , and Hasty Generalization , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11% saturation with 4,216 hits . Analysis detected 39,074 faulty-reasoning hits from 38,449 analyzed words across 12 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 24% (11,821 of 15,558 topics). This Africa is better (less manipulative) than 76.00% of the peer group. Africa
Topic details
Total words: 38,449
Article count: 12
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
24% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 24.0% percentile 2.0% BS Score12 analyzed articles38.4K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 6.5% 6.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 6.4% 6.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 11.0% 11.0% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.9% 0.9% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.1% 1.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.6% 3.6% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 9.6% 9.6% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 2.3% 2.3% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 1.6% 1.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 7.7% 7.7% 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 6.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 11.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 9.6%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0% Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 1.1% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.7%, sitewide 3.3% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.7% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 2.0% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Indoctrination: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.0% Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst