Topic summary
0%1 analyzed article/video178 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Business Rankings results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Negativity Bias, and Halo Effect, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 9.4% saturation with 67 hits. Analysis detected 332 faulty-reasoning hits from 712 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of 38% (9,855 of 15,772 topics). This Business Rankings is better (less manipulative) than 62.50% of the peer group.
Business Rankings
Topic details
Total words: 712
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

38% percentile
025507510037.5% percentile
2.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles712 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 0.6%0.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.3%4.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.4%1.4%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 9.4%9.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.3%4.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.4%1.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.4%1.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 4.1%4.1%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Topic 0.6%0.6%

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 0.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 11.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 0.5%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 9.1%Halo Effect: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 4.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 1.9%Composition/Division: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.2%Primacy Effect: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.8%Horn Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

4. Texas10%
CNBC54%By CNBC.com staff0%7/9/2026, 12:48:38 PM