Topic summary
17%5 analyzed articles/videos2,505 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Animal Control results contain 43 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Framing Effect, and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 5.8% saturation with 1,379 hits. Analysis detected 13,757 faulty-reasoning hits from 23,653 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 5% (15,815 of 16,562 topics). This Animal Control is better (less manipulative) than 95.50% of the peer group.
Animal Control
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Topic details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

5% percentile
02550751004.5% percentile
1.4% BS Score5 analyzed articles23.7K 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 4.5%4.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.8%5.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.6%4.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.2%0.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.7%0.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.7%2.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.3%4.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.7%0.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.6%1.6%

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 4.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.9%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate