Topic summary
23%3 analyzed articles/videos231 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Bonds results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Post Hoc (False Cause), Appeal to Emotion, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 14.3% saturation with 396 hits. Analysis detected 3,087 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,760 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.7% and a BS Rank of 73% (4,295 of 15,755 topics). This Bonds is worse (more manipulative) than 72.70% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 2,760
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

73% percentile
025507510072.7% percentile
4.7% BS Score3 analyzed articles2.8K 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 10.5%10.5%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 14.1%14.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.4%4.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 11.6%11.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.2%2.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.9%0.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 14.3%14.3%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.3%0.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.9%0.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 11.8%11.8%

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 10.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 14.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 11.8%, sitewide 15.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 14.1%, sitewide 3.3%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 11.6%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 1.9%Anecdotal: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 4.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.2%, sitewide 0.8%Begging the Question: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.7%False Dilemma: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.7%Primacy Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 0.9%Circular Reasoning: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate