Topic summary
42%3 analyzed articles/videos2,008 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Cold War results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Left Leaning Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Framing Effect, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 9.5% saturation with 1,282 hits. Analysis detected 9,849 faulty-reasoning hits from 13,457 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 17% (13,875 of 16,559 topics). This Cold War is better (less manipulative) than 83.80% of the peer group.
Cold War
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Topic details
Total words: 13,457
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

16% percentile
025507510016.2% percentile
1.8% BS Score3 analyzed articles13.5K 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 6.9%6.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.2%1.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.8%4.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.3%0.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 8.1%8.1%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.2%0.2%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.2%1.2%

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 6.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 9.5%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 8.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 2.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 5.3%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.7%, sitewide 3.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%False Dilemma: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate