Topic summary
0%5 analyzed articles/videos2,900 analyzed words
BS Summary: These British Columbia results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.5% saturation with 1,098 hits. Analysis detected 7,525 faulty-reasoning hits from 11,600 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 12% (14,729 of 16,562 topics). This British Columbia is better (less manipulative) than 88.90% of the peer group.
British Columbia
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Topic details
Total words: 11,600
Article count: 5
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

11% percentile
025507510011.1% percentile
1.6% BS Score5 analyzed articles11.6K 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 4.5%4.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.1%4.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.5%9.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.2%1.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.5%0.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.8%1.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.2%1.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.7%3.7%

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 4.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate