Topic summary
42% 28 analyzed articles/videos 10,040 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Animals results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Appeal to Emotion , and Negativity Bias , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 5% saturation with 2,876 hits . Analysis detected 34,857 faulty-reasoning hits from 57,956 analyzed words across 28 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of 3% (15,353 of 15,685 topics). This Animals is better (less manipulative) than 97.90% of the peer group. Animals
Topic details
Total words: 57,956
Article count: 28
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
2% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 2.1% percentile 1.2% BS Score28 analyzed articles58K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 4.5% 4.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 3.6% 3.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 4.4% 4.4% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.4% 0.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 5.0% 5.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.2% 3.2% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.3% 2.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 3.2% 3.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 2.3% 2.3% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 1.9% 1.9% 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 3.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.9% Bandwagon: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst