Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video492 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Border Patrol Checkpoints results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Anecdotal, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 36.8% saturation with 549 hits. Analysis detected 3,321 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,493 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 10.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠92% (1,251 of 15,435 topics). This Border Patrol Checkpoints is worse (more manipulative) than 91.90% of the peer group.
Border Patrol Checkpoints
Topic details
Total words: 1,493
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

92% percentile
025507510091.9% percentile
10.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.5K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 26.3%26.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 36.8%36.8%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 16.7%16.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 23.8%23.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 26.3%26.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.3%4.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 7.4%7.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 10.2%10.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 11.7%11.7%

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%Negativity Bias: Topic 36.8%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Topic 30.1%, sitewide 26.9%Anecdotal: Topic 26.3%, sitewide 5.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 26.3%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 23.8%, sitewide 9.1%Unattributed Quote: Topic 16.7%, sitewide 1.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 11.7%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 10.2%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 8.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 7.4%, sitewide 0.8%In-Group Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 6.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 6.2%, sitewide 3.3%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 2.0%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Actor-Observer Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.6%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.4%Primacy Effect: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 0.9%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

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