Topic summary
99%2 analyzed articles/videos487 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Civil Service results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 39% saturation with 1,215 hits. Analysis detected 8,510 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,115 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 9.4% and a BS Rank of 92% (1,452 of 16,562 topics). This Civil Service is worse (more manipulative) than 91.20% of the peer group.
Civil Service
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Topic details
Total words: 3,115
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

91% percentile
025507510091.2% percentile
9.4% BS Score2 analyzed articles3.1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 39.0%39.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 24.8%24.8%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 20.3%20.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 20.1%20.1%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 13.3%13.3%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Topic 13.1%13.1%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 36.3%36.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 0.5%0.5%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Topic 11.5%11.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 22.6%22.6%

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%Negativity Bias: Topic 39.0%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Topic 36.3%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 24.8%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 22.6%, sitewide 15.9%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 20.3%, sitewide 1.4%Hasty Generalization: Topic 20.1%, sitewide 8.1%Pessimism Bias: Topic 13.3%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 13.1%, sitewide 1.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 11.5%, sitewide 3.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 9.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 6.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 2.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 2.7%Burden of Proof: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 0.4%Horn Effect: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 1.0%Ad Hominem: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 2.2%Begging the Question: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 1.5%Loss Aversion: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 2.5%Red Herring: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 0.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

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