Topic summary
81%5 analyzed articles/videos1,544 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Colorado Politics results contain 49 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Framing Effect, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 22.7% saturation with 2,010 hits. Analysis detected 12,085 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,845 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.8% and a BS Rank of 47% (8,932 of 16,562 topics). This Colorado Politics is better (less manipulative) than 53.90% of the peer group.
Colorado Politics
Topic details
Total words: 8,845
Article count: 5
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

46% percentile
025507510046.1% percentile
2.8% BS Score5 analyzed articles8.8K 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 11.2%11.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 15.9%15.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.5%6.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.8%5.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.8%1.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.8%4.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.5%0.5%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 5.3%5.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 22.7%22.7%

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 11.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 22.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 15.9%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 1.4%Anecdotal: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.1%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 2.2%Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate