Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video233 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ballot Initiative Repeal results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Framing Effect, and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 36.8% saturation with 257 hits. Analysis detected 1,567 faulty-reasoning hits from 698 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 10.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠94% (1,140 of 16,562 topics). This Ballot Initiative Repeal is worse (more manipulative) than 93.10% of the peer group.
Ballot Initiative Repeal
Topic details
Total words: 698
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

93% percentile
025507510093.1% percentile
10.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles698 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 26.5%26.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 36.8%36.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 16.3%16.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 19.5%19.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 16.6%16.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.9%1.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 10.7%10.7%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 6.0%6.0%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 4.7%4.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 13.2%13.2%

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%Negativity Bias: Topic 36.8%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Topic 24.2%, sitewide 26.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 26.5%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 19.5%, sitewide 9.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 16.6%, sitewide 11.1%Anecdotal: Topic 16.3%, sitewide 5.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 13.2%, sitewide 15.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 10.7%, sitewide 6.0%In-Group Bias: Topic 9.0%, sitewide 6.9%Confirmation Bias: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 7.5%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 4.6%Halo Effect: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 2.2%Bandwagon: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 1.9%Anchoring Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 4.0%Hindsight Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.4%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.3%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 2.7%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.4%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 2.0%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

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