Topic summary
⁠17%2 analyzed articles/videos1,656 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Community Journalism results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Biased Writer Voice, and Self-Serving Bias, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 11% saturation with 662 hits. Analysis detected 4,592 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,042 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠43% (9,533 of 16,562 topics). This Community Journalism is better (less manipulative) than 57.60% of the peer group.
Community Journalism
Topic details
Total words: 6,042
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

42% percentile
025507510042.4% percentile
2.6% BS Score2 analyzed articles6K 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 2.6%2.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 2.4%2.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.6%2.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.2%1.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.9%1.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 11.0%11.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 3.0%3.0%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Topic 0.5%0.5%

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 2.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Topic 11.0%, sitewide 6.7%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 5.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 3.7%Anecdotal: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 5.1%, sitewide 3.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 4.6%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.0%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.0%Begging the Question: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.7%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos