Topic summary
⁠0%2 analyzed articles/videos369 analyzed words
BS Summary: These American West results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Halo Effect, and Hasty Generalization, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 17.7% saturation with 226 hits. Analysis detected 1,641 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,276 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠80% (3,314 of 16,562 topics). This American West is worse (more manipulative) than 80.00% of the peer group.
American West
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 1,276
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

80% percentile
025507510080.0% percentile
5.6% BS Score2 analyzed articles1.3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 2.3%2.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.6%2.6%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 17.6%17.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 17.7%17.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 13.3%13.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.4%2.4%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Topic 6.8%6.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.5%5.5%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Topic 5.5%5.5%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 6.8%6.8%

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 17.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Topic 17.7%, sitewide 11.1%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 15.9%Halo Effect: Topic 13.3%, sitewide 6.7%Hasty Generalization: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 9.3%, sitewide 6.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 5.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 3.1%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 3.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 1.9%Anecdotal: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 4.0%Primacy Effect: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 0.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 0.0%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.4%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.8%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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