Topic summary
74% 9 analyzed articles/videos 8,742 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Colorado River results contain 49 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Pessimism Bias , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 14% saturation with 4,440 hits . Analysis detected 27,113 faulty-reasoning hits from 31,743 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 15% (14,097 of 16,559 topics). This Colorado River is better (less manipulative) than 85.10% of the peer group. Colorado River
Topic details
Total words: 31,743
Article count: 9
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
15% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 14.9% percentile 1.7% BS Score9 analyzed articles31.7K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 8.6% 8.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 7.1% 7.1% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 1.1% 1.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.3% 2.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 4.4% 4.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.5% 0.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 1.3% 1.3% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Topic 7.5% 7.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 14.0% 14.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.6% 1.6% 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 8.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 14.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 7.5% Pessimism Bias: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 1.9% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 2.5% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.7% Slippery Slope: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.7% Bandwagon: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst