Topic summary
⁠35%4 analyzed articles/videos914 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Cold Case results contain 33 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Framing Effect, and Confirmation Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.6% saturation with 748 hits. Analysis detected 5,671 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,747 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of ⁠23% (12,906 of 16,562 topics). This Cold Case is better (less manipulative) than 77.90% of the peer group.
Cold Case
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Topic details
Total words: 8,747
Article count: 4
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

22% percentile
025507510022.1% percentile
2.0% BS Score4 analyzed articles8.7K 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 5.5%5.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.6%8.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.0%6.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.7%3.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.3%0.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.6%1.6%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 4.5%4.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.3%1.3%

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 5.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 4.6%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 0.5%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos