Topic summary
⁠34%1 analyzed article/video1,076 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Candidate Scrutiny results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Confirmation Bias, and Politically Right Leaning Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 9.1% saturation with 390 hits. Analysis detected 3,131 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,304 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of ⁠24% (11,886 of 15,573 topics). This Candidate Scrutiny is better (less manipulative) than 76.30% of the peer group.
Candidate Scrutiny
Topic details
Total words: 4,304
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

24% percentile
025507510023.7% percentile
2.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.3K 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 5.1%5.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.7%3.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.3%7.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.2%1.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.2%2.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.5%0.5%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 6.6%6.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.1%1.1%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.7%0.7%

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 5.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 9.1%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 1.4%Anecdotal: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.6%Tu Quoque: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 0.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.8%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos