Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video409 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Boston Marathon results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Politically Right Leaning Bias, and Ad Hominem, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 70% saturation with 1,146 hits. Analysis detected 5,575 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,638 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 8.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠90% (1,662 of 15,326 topics). This Boston Marathon is worse (more manipulative) than 89.20% of the peer group.
Boston Marathon
Topic details
Total words: 1,638
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

89% percentile
025507510089.2% percentile
8.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.6K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 70.0%70.0%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 26.1%26.1%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 25.1%25.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 31.0%31.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 9.9%9.9%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Topic 18.0%18.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.6%0.6%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 10.6%10.6%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 7.4%7.4%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Topic 9.0%9.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 70.0%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 31.0%, sitewide 8.1%Framing Effect: Topic 9.9%, sitewide 26.9%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 26.1%, sitewide 1.4%Ad Hominem: Topic 25.1%, sitewide 2.2%Negativity Bias: Topic 19.2%, sitewide 19.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 18.0%, sitewide 3.1%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 11.3%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 12.4%, sitewide 9.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 11.9%, sitewide 6.9%Confirmation Bias: Topic 11.7%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 11.1%Pessimism Bias: Topic 10.6%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 2.2%Slippery Slope: Topic 9.0%, sitewide 1.7%Indoctrination: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 0.0%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 1.4%Halo Effect: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 4.6%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 2.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Recency Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 2.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 0.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateTopic rate

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