Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video394 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Channel 4 Alternative Christmas Message results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Out-Group Homogeneity Bias, Framing Effect, and Confirmation Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 25.5% saturation with 301 hits. Analysis detected 3,324 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,182 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 11.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠94% (1,018 of 16,558 topics). This Channel 4 Alternative Christmas Message is worse (more manipulative) than 93.90% of the peer group.
Channel 4 Alternative Christmas Message
Topic details
Total words: 1,182
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

94% percentile
025507510093.9% percentile
11.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Topic 24.1%24.1%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 19.3%19.3%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 17.4%17.4%Horn EffectSitewide 1.0%Topic 13.2%13.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 19.3%19.3%Personal IncredulitySitewide 0.2%Topic 11.8%11.8%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Topic 11.7%11.7%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 13.9%13.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 17.3%17.3%Tu QuoqueSitewide 0.2%Topic 8.4%8.4%

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 21.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 25.5%, sitewide 19.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 24.1%, sitewide 3.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 19.3%, sitewide 7.5%False Dilemma: Topic 19.3%, sitewide 1.5%Ad Hominem: Topic 17.4%, sitewide 2.2%Hasty Generalization: Topic 17.3%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 15.9%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 13.9%, sitewide 3.7%Horn Effect: Topic 13.2%, sitewide 1.0%Personal Incredulity: Topic 11.8%, sitewide 0.2%Straw Man: Topic 11.7%, sitewide 0.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 10.7%, sitewide 3.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 9.9%, sitewide 9.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 2.7%Red Herring: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 0.7%Tu Quoque: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 0.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 4.6%In-Group Bias: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 6.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 1.9%Composition/Division: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 0.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 2.2%Recency Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Special Pleading: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.3%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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