Topic summary
91% 1 analyzed article/video 488 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Bear Hunting results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Self-Serving Bias , False Dilemma , and Framing Effect , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 15% saturation with 219 hits . Analysis detected 1,676 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,464 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.8% and a BS Rank of 65% (5,768 of 16,086 topics). This Bear Hunting is worse (more manipulative) than 64.10% of the peer group. Bear Hunting
Topic details
Total words: 1,464
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
64% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 64.1% percentile 3.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.5K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Topic SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 8.9% 8.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 5.6% 5.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 4.4% 4.4% False Dilemma Sitewide 1.5% Topic 9.1% 9.1% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 1.0% 1.0% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Topic 9.7% 9.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.0% 1.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 4.8% 4.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 4.0% 4.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 15.0% 15.0% 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 8.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 15.0%, sitewide 11.1% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 9.7%, sitewide 3.7% Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 9.1% False Dilemma: Topic 9.1%, sitewide 1.5% Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 7.5% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 5.3% In-Group Bias: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.0% Bandwagon: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 2.2% Anecdotal: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 4.6% Indoctrination: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 0.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.3% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.9% Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Begging the Question: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.7% Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.9% Composition/Division: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst