Topic summary
⁠0%3 analyzed articles/videos1,594 analyzed words
BS Summary: These American Democracy results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Ad Hominem, and Appeal to Emotion, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 39.5% saturation with 2,518 hits. Analysis detected 14,020 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,376 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠79% (3,543 of 16,562 topics). This American Democracy is worse (more manipulative) than 78.60% of the peer group.
American Democracy
Topic details
Total words: 6,376
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

79% percentile
025507510078.6% percentile
5.4% BS Score3 analyzed articles6.4K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 39.5%39.5%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 6.8%6.8%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 12.4%12.4%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 9.8%9.8%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 11.5%11.5%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Topic 8.2%8.2%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 8.8%8.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.6%1.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.9%0.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.7%0.7%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 39.5%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 16.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 11.8%, sitewide 15.9%Ad Hominem: Topic 12.4%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 11.5%, sitewide 2.0%Appeal to Authority: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 10.8%, sitewide 7.5%Indoctrination: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 0.0%Hasty Generalization: Topic 9.7%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 6.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 9.1%Pessimism Bias: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 1.9%Straw Man: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 0.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 2.7%Halo Effect: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.7%Slippery Slope: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 1.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.0%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 3.1%Primacy Effect: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 0.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos