Topic summary
0%9 analyzed articles/videos6,510 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Christmas results contain 44 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Negativity Bias, and In-Group Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 26.4% saturation with 4,934 hits. Analysis detected 34,314 faulty-reasoning hits from 18,716 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.2% and a BS Rank of 68% (4,876 of 15,142 topics). This Christmas is worse (more manipulative) than 67.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

68% percentile
025507510067.8% percentile
4.2% BS Score9 analyzed articles18.7K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 11.9%11.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 14.3%14.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 10.8%10.8%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 7.9%7.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 7.4%7.4%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 0.5%0.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 6.8%6.8%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 4.1%4.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 17.9%17.9%Horn EffectSitewide 1.0%Topic 2.6%2.6%

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 26.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 14.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 17.9%, sitewide 15.9%In-Group Bias: Topic 11.9%, sitewide 6.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 11.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 10.8%, sitewide 6.0%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 8.1%Anchoring Bias: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 4.0%Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 4.6%Pessimism Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 1.9%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 3.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 2.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 2.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.3%Bandwagon: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 2.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 3.1%Status Quo Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.7%Horn Effect: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate