Topic summary
⁠39%1 analyzed article/video811 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Budget Decisions results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Appeal to Emotion, and Appeal to Authority, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 12% saturation with 292 hits. Analysis detected 1,625 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,433 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠46% (8,496 of 15,540 topics). This Budget Decisions is better (less manipulative) than 54.70% of the peer group.
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Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 2,433
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

45% percentile
025507510045.3% percentile
2.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.4K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 3.4%3.4%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 12.0%12.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.1%6.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.0%1.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.9%0.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.6%4.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.7%0.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.7%0.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.3%2.3%

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 12.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 11.1%Anecdotal: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 5.2%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 4.0%Red Herring: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 0.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.9%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 0.8%Special Pleading: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.3%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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