Topic summary
⁠66%5 analyzed articles/videos4,116 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Catholic Church results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Framing Effect, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 8.9% saturation with 1,762 hits. Analysis detected 19,270 faulty-reasoning hits from 19,692 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of ⁠22% (12,375 of 15,769 topics). This Catholic Church is better (less manipulative) than 78.50% of the peer group.
Catholic Church
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

22% percentile
025507510021.5% percentile
2.0% BS Score5 analyzed articles19.7K 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 6.8%6.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.5%5.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.0%2.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.9%8.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.8%5.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.7%1.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.5%3.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.3%1.3%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 3.8%3.8%

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 6.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 9.1%Halo Effect: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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