Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video427 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Attorney General Testimony results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Left Leaning Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 14.3% saturation with 244 hits. Analysis detected 1,767 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,708 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠69% (5,194 of 16,562 topics). This Attorney General Testimony is worse (more manipulative) than 68.60% of the peer group.
Attorney General Testimony
Topic details
Total words: 1,708
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

69% percentile
025507510068.6% percentile
4.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.7K 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 7.3%7.3%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 12.8%12.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 9.8%9.8%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 6.3%6.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 9.9%9.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.1%2.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 14.3%14.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.0%1.0%

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 7.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 14.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.9%, sitewide 15.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 12.8%, sitewide 2.0%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 11.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 9.8%, sitewide 3.3%In-Group Bias: Topic 9.3%, sitewide 6.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 7.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 0.0%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 5.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.1%Slippery Slope: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 2.2%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.5%Indoctrination: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.0%Burden of Proof: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.4%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.8%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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