Topic summary
⁠11%2 analyzed articles/videos1,271 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Civil War results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Hasty Generalization, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 7.9% saturation with 343 hits. Analysis detected 3,040 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,356 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠20% (13,371 of 16,562 topics). This Civil War is better (less manipulative) than 80.70% of the peer group.
Civil War
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 4,356
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

19% percentile
025507510019.3% percentile
1.9% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.4K 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 1.1%1.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 2.3%2.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.9%5.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.1%1.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.5%1.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.3%0.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.6%2.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.6%2.6%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 3.4%3.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.9%1.9%

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 1.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 3.7%Indoctrination: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.8%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Primacy Effect: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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