Topic summary
46% 34 analyzed articles/videos 7,281 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Assault results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Appeal to Emotion , and Biased Writer Voice , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 12.6% saturation with 6,833 hits . Analysis detected 45,375 faulty-reasoning hits from 54,269 analyzed words across 34 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 11% (13,760 of 15,447 topics). This Assault is better (less manipulative) than 89.10% of the peer group. Assault
Topic details
Total words: 54,269
Article count: 34
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
11% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 10.9% percentile 1.6% BS Score34 analyzed articles54.3K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Topic SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 7.5% 7.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 7.3% 7.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.5% 3.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 12.6% 12.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.8% 0.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.6% 0.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 4.0% 4.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 3.3% 3.3% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 0.4% 0.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 2.7% 2.7% 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 7.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 12.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.1% Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 0.0% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst