Topic summary
28%2 analyzed articles/videos373 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Car Theft results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Unattributed Quote, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7.1% saturation with 206 hits. Analysis detected 1,561 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,895 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of 38% (10,284 of 16,562 topics). This Car Theft is better (less manipulative) than 62.10% of the peer group.
Car Theft
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 2,895
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

38% percentile
025507510037.9% percentile
2.5% BS Score2 analyzed articles2.9K 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 4.8%4.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.1%7.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 5.1%5.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.8%3.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 2.5%2.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 6.6%6.6%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 1.6%1.6%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%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 4.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 5.2%Unattributed Quote: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 1.1%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.3%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.8%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.4%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.5%Primacy Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.9%Burden of Proof: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 0.4%Indoctrination: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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