Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video1,797 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Colonial Settlement results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Post Hoc (False Cause), and Appeal to Authority, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 7.9% saturation with 569 hits. Analysis detected 3,660 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,188 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠16% (14,023 of 16,562 topics). This Colonial Settlement is better (less manipulative) than 84.70% of the peer group.
Colonial Settlement
Topic details
Total words: 7,188
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

15% percentile
025507510015.3% percentile
1.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles7.2K 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 6.5%6.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 3.1%3.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 0.4%0.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.3%0.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.2%5.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.2%0.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.3%2.3%

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 6.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 8.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 5.6%, sitewide 3.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.0%False Dilemma: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.5%Begging the Question: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.8%Composition/Division: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.2%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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