Topic summary
74%1 analyzed article/video1,039 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Cabinet Appointments results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Self-Serving Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 19% saturation with 788 hits. Analysis detected 4,362 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,156 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.5% and a BS Rank of 70% (6,881 of 22,961 topics). This Cabinet Appointments is worse (more manipulative) than 70.00% of the peer group.
Cabinet Appointments
Topic details
Total words: 4,156
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

70% percentile
025507510070.0% percentile
3.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.2K 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 2.7%2.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.1%1.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 19.0%19.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.8%7.8%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 6.7%6.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 12.0%12.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.8%1.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.2%1.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.6%4.6%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 8.0%8.0%

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 2.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 19.2%Confirmation Bias: Topic 19.0%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 15.9%Halo Effect: Topic 12.0%, sitewide 6.7%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 8.1%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 3.7%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 0.0%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 5.3%Status Quo Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 2.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 4.6%False Dilemma: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 1.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.1%Circular Reasoning: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 0.1%Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.7%Straw Man: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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