Topic summary
27% 11 analyzed articles/videos 9,610 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ballot Measures results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and Biased Writer Voice , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 10.7% saturation with 4,313 hits . Analysis detected 28,243 faulty-reasoning hits from 40,249 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 6% (14,976 of 15,811 topics). This Ballot Measures is better (less manipulative) than 94.70% of the peer group. Ballot Measures
Topic details
Total words: 40,249
Article count: 11
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
5% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 5.3% percentile 1.4% BS Score11 analyzed articles40.2K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 10.7% 10.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 6.5% 6.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 4.7% 4.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.0% 2.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.0% 2.0% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.4% 0.4% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.1% 2.1% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.6% 1.6% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 0.8% 0.8% 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 10.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Ad Hominem: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.2% Loss Aversion: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst