Topic summary
⁠97%1 analyzed article/video267 analyzed words
BS Summary: These August Events results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Appeal to Emotion, and Halo Effect, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 42.8% saturation with 457 hits. Analysis detected 1,799 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,068 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 8% and a BS Rank of ⁠92% (1,877 of 23,399 topics). This August Events is worse (more manipulative) than 92.00% of the peer group.
August Events
Topic details
Total words: 1,068
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

92% percentile
025507510092.0% percentile
8.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 42.8%42.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 9.1%9.1%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 16.2%16.2%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 10.2%10.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 12.7%12.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.3%1.3%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Topic 6.7%6.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.3%3.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 12.4%12.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 12.9%12.9%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 42.8%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Topic 9.1%, sitewide 26.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 16.2%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 12.9%, sitewide 15.9%Halo Effect: Topic 12.7%, sitewide 6.7%Availability Heuristic: Topic 12.4%, sitewide 9.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 9.3%, sitewide 11.1%Recency Bias: Topic 10.2%, sitewide 2.7%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.9%Bandwagon: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 2.2%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 6.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anecdotal: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 5.2%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 3.7%Begging the Question: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.8%Indoctrination: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateTopic rate

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