Topic summary
⁠51%3 analyzed articles/videos1,785 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Coast Guard results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Appeal to Authority, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 10.2% saturation with 650 hits. Analysis detected 4,334 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,382 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠31% (11,548 of 16,562 topics). This Coast Guard is better (less manipulative) than 69.70% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

30% percentile
025507510030.3% percentile
2.2% BS Score3 analyzed articles6.4K 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 10.2%10.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.4%4.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.6%7.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.9%0.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.0%2.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.4%6.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.8%0.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.9%0.9%

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 10.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1%Halo Effect: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 6.7%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.7%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.4%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.4%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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