Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video
BS Summary: These Bird Watching results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Appeal to Emotion, and Availability Heuristic, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 5.7% saturation with 164 hits. Analysis detected 1,243 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,895 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 0% and a BS Rank of ⁠0% (0 of 16,475 topics). This Bird Watching is better (less manipulative) than 100.00% of the peer group.
Bird Watching
Topic ranking list
PercentileTopicBS Score
⁠0%Uber1%
⁠0%Pittsburgh Pirates1%
⁠0%Opera1%
⁠0%Holocaust1%
⁠0%Privacy Policy1%
⁠100%Radio Roundup / Week In Review60%
⁠100%E-Bikes / Rad Power Bikes60%
⁠100%E Bikes Rad Power Bikes60%
⁠100%The Last Word With Lawrence O'donnell69%
⁠100%The Last Word With Lawrence Odonnell69%
⁠0%Bird Watching (selected)0%
Topic details
Total words: 2,895
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

0% percentile
02550751000.0% percentile
0.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.9K 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 3.1%3.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.5%3.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.0%1.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.9%4.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 5.7%5.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.4%1.4%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.8%0.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.7%1.7%

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 3.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 8.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 0.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Bandwagon: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.2%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.8%Indoctrination: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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