Topic summary
⁠58%2 analyzed articles/videos787 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Announcements results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Confirmation Bias, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 14.3% saturation with 290 hits. Analysis detected 1,905 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,028 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠68% (5,298 of 16,559 topics). This Announcements is worse (more manipulative) than 68.00% of the peer group.
Announcements
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 2,028
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

68% percentile
025507510068.0% percentile
4.1% BS Score2 analyzed articles2K 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 6.0%6.0%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 9.9%9.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 14.3%14.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.3%4.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.1%1.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.7%2.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 5.0%5.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.8%2.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.7%1.7%

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 6.0%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 12.4%, sitewide 15.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 14.3%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 11.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 9.9%, sitewide 0.5%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.2%Indoctrination: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 0.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 4.6%Unattributed Quote: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 1.1%Recency Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.8%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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