Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video
BS Summary: These August Ballot results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and False Dilemma, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 6.1% saturation with 293 hits. Analysis detected 1,801 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,800 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 0% and a BS Rank of ⁠0% (0 of 16,562 topics). This August Ballot is better (less manipulative) than 100.00% of the peer group.
August Ballot
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Topic details
Total words: 4,800
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

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02550751000.0% percentile
0.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.8K 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%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.6%1.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.7%1.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 0.6%0.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.1%1.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.1%6.1%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.8%0.8%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 3.4%3.4%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Topic 2.4%2.4%

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%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 8.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.0%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.4%, sitewide 0.8%False Dilemma: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 1.5%Burden of Proof: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.4%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.1%Special Pleading: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.3%Circular Reasoning: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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