Topic summary
⁠67%1 analyzed article/video1,746 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Colorado River Water Allocation results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Availability Heuristic, with Self-Serving Bias as the most egregious example at 5.7% saturation with 397 hits. Analysis detected 4,073 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,984 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠23% (18,777 of 24,293 topics). This Colorado River Water Allocation is better (less manipulative) than 77.30% of the peer group.
Colorado River Water Allocation
Topic details
Total words: 6,984
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

23% percentile
025507510022.7% percentile
1.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles7K 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 5.1%5.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.3%4.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.5%4.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.1%0.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.7%0.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.2%0.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.9%1.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.1%2.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.3%4.3%

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 5.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 3.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 1.9%Loss Aversion: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 2.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.4%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Slippery Slope: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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