Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video201 analyzed words
BS Summary: These American Political System results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Hindsight Bias, Quote-first Misdirection, and Recency Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 31.1% saturation with 250 hits. Analysis detected 2,126 faulty-reasoning hits from 804 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 11.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠95% (972 of 16,558 topics). This American Political System is worse (more manipulative) than 94.10% of the peer group.
American Political System
Topic details
Total words: 804
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

94% percentile
025507510094.1% percentile
11.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles804 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Topic 24.3%24.3%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 22.4%22.4%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 9.9%9.9%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 17.9%17.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 31.1%31.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 17.0%17.0%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 13.1%13.1%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Topic 12.4%12.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 17.7%17.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 9.3%9.3%

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%Negativity Bias: Topic 31.1%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Topic 9.9%, sitewide 26.9%Hindsight Bias: Topic 24.3%, sitewide 1.4%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 22.4%, sitewide 0.0%Recency Bias: Topic 17.9%, sitewide 2.7%Hasty Generalization: Topic 17.7%, sitewide 8.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 17.0%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 14.3%, sitewide 15.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 13.1%, sitewide 1.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 12.4%, sitewide 11.1%Slippery Slope: Topic 12.4%, sitewide 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 9.3%, sitewide 0.8%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 9.1%Unattributed Quote: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 1.1%Status Quo Bias: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 2.2%Anecdotal: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 5.2%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 7.5%Indoctrination: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 0.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 2.0%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 6.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 1.9%Anchoring Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 4.0%False Dilemma: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.5%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

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