Topic summary
⁠0%2 analyzed articles/videos333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These American Progress results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Left Leaning Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 17% saturation with 714 hits. Analysis detected 4,985 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,206 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of ⁠52% (7,911 of 16,188 topics). This American Progress is worse (more manipulative) than 51.10% of the peer group.
American Progress
Topic details
Total words: 4,206
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

51% percentile
025507510051.1% percentile
3.0% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.2K 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 2.8%2.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.3%4.3%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 13.2%13.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.1%2.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.6%1.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.6%2.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.4%2.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.6%5.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.1%1.1%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 4.7%4.7%

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 2.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 17.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 15.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 13.2%, sitewide 2.0%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 9.1%, sitewide 8.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 5.2%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 6.0%Anchoring Bias: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 4.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 1.9%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.5%, sitewide 3.3%Ad Hominem: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 2.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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