Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video248 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ball Drop results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Halo Effect, and Anchoring Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 73.4% saturation with 546 hits. Analysis detected 1,718 faulty-reasoning hits from 744 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 16.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠98% (417 of 16,562 topics). This Ball Drop is worse (more manipulative) than 97.50% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 744
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

98% percentile
025507510097.5% percentile
16.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles744 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–100%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 73.4%73.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 24.7%24.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 28.9%28.9%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 21.8%21.8%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 16.9%16.9%Sunk Cost EffectSitewide 0.3%Topic 10.5%10.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.3%7.3%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Topic 10.3%10.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 14.5%14.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.3%4.3%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%Framing Effect: Topic 73.4%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 28.9%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Topic 24.7%, sitewide 6.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 21.8%, sitewide 4.0%Recency Bias: Topic 16.9%, sitewide 2.7%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 15.9%In-Group Bias: Topic 14.5%, sitewide 6.9%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 10.5%, sitewide 0.3%Status Quo Bias: Topic 10.3%, sitewide 2.2%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 9.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 6.0%Begging the Question: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 1.7%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 3.7%Primacy Effect: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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