Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video1,304 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Civil War History results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Halo Effect, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.5% saturation with 443 hits. Analysis detected 3,218 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,216 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠13% (14,495 of 16,562 topics). This Civil War History is better (less manipulative) than 87.50% of the peer group.
Civil War History
Topic details
Total words: 5,216
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

13% percentile
025507510012.5% percentile
1.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles5.2K 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 5.7%5.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.0%3.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.5%8.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.5%4.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.4%1.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.4%0.4%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.3%0.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.5%1.5%

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 5.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.3%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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