Topic summary
⁠12%2 analyzed articles/videos298 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Bank Robbery results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 9.2% saturation with 184 hits. Analysis detected 1,226 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,010 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠49% (8,480 of 16,562 topics). This Bank Robbery is better (less manipulative) than 51.20% of the peer group.
Bank Robbery
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 2,010
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

49% percentile
025507510048.8% percentile
2.9% BS Score2 analyzed articles2K 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 1.9%1.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 2.8%2.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.4%6.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.2%1.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.3%0.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 5.4%5.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.4%2.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.6%2.6%

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 1.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 6.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 5.4%, sitewide 0.8%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 5.3%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 5.1%, sitewide 3.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.0%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.1%Recency Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 2.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.9%Indoctrination: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos