Topic summary
91% 1 analyzed article/video 563 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Car Performance results contain 20 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal , Appeal to Authority , and Hasty Generalization , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 25.2% saturation with 425 hits . Analysis detected 1,892 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,689 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.6% and a BS Rank of 80% (3,310 of 16,562 topics). This Car Performance is worse (more manipulative) than 80.00% of the peer group. Car Performance
Topic details
Total words: 1,689
Article count: 1
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80% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 80.0% percentile 5.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.7K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Topic SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 5.4% 5.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 25.2% 25.2% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 17.5% 17.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 1.6% 1.6% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Topic 6.3% 6.3% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Topic 3.6% 3.6% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Topic 3.8% 3.8% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Topic 2.7% 2.7% Red Herring Sitewide 0.7% Topic 2.7% 2.7% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% 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 5.4%, sitewide 26.9% Optimism Bias: Topic 25.2%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 17.5%, sitewide 5.2% Appeal to Authority: Topic 11.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 8.1% Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 0.0% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 4.6% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 5.3% Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 4.0% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.8%, sitewide 0.8% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 3.7% Indoctrination: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 0.0% Status Quo Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.2% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.5% Red Herring: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7% Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.1% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst