Topic summary
58% 20 analyzed articles/videos 25,020 analyzed words
BS Summary: These American Politics results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Negativity Bias , and Framing Effect , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 14.5% saturation with 18,300 hits . Analysis detected 134,869 faulty-reasoning hits from 126,293 analyzed words across 20 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 23% (12,828 of 16,562 topics). This American Politics is better (less manipulative) than 77.50% of the peer group. American Politics
Topic details
Total words: 126,293
Article count: 20
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
23% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 22.5% percentile 2.0% BS Score20 analyzed articles126.3K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 6.0% 6.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 3.9% 3.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 8.4% 8.4% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 13.9% 13.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.8% 3.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.3% 2.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 14.5% 14.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.8% 0.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.1% 1.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 2.8% 2.8% 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 6.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 15.9% Hasty Generalization: Topic 14.5%, sitewide 8.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 13.9%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 4.0% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 2.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.7% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 1.4% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.3% False Dilemma: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 1.5% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Ad Hominem: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.2% Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst