Topic summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 708 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Chemical Spill results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Halo Effect , and Confirmation Bias , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 5.4% saturation with 153 hits . Analysis detected 882 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,832 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 6% (15,597 of 16,554 topics). This Chemical Spill is better (less manipulative) than 94.20% of the peer group. Chemical Spill
Topic details
Total words: 2,832
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
6% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 5.8% percentile 1.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.8K analyzed words
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0.0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 1.8% 1.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 5.4% 5.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 0.8% 0.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 5.0% 5.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.0% 2.0% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 0.5% 0.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 2.3% 2.3% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 0.3% 0.3% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 1.1% 1.1% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 5% 5% 10% 10% 15% 15% 20% 20% 25% 25% Negativity Bias: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.0% Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.8% Appeal to Nature: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 0.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst