Topic summary
16% 1 analyzed article/video 959 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Columbia River Basin results contain 16 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Optimism Bias , and Framing Effect , with Pessimism Bias as the most egregious example at 9.2% saturation with 264 hits . Analysis detected 1,228 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,877 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.7% and a BS Rank of 44% (9,360 of 16,562 topics). This Columbia River Basin is better (less manipulative) than 56.50% of the peer group. Columbia River Basin
Topic details
Total words: 2,877
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
44% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 43.5% percentile 2.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.9K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Topic SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 4.5% 4.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 0.6% 0.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 5.3% 5.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 0.2% 0.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.4% 3.4% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Topic 9.2% 9.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.3% 2.3% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 2.3% 2.3% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Topic 1.5% 1.5% 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 4.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 11.1% Pessimism Bias: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 1.9% Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 7.5% Optimism Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 4.6% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.8% Composition/Division: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst