Topic summary
⁠58%4 analyzed articles/videos5,513 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Attorney General results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Ad Hominem, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 21% saturation with 6,701 hits. Analysis detected 34,422 faulty-reasoning hits from 31,976 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠28% (11,300 of 15,689 topics). This Attorney General is better (less manipulative) than 72.00% of the peer group.
Attorney General

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

28% percentile
025507510028.0% percentile
2.2% BS Score4 analyzed articles32K 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 4.6%4.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 21.0%21.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.5%5.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.5%1.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.8%2.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.1%2.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 15.4%15.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.7%3.7%

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 4.6%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 21.0%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 15.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.0%Ad Hominem: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 2.2%Anecdotal: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 2.0%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.1%Indoctrination: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos