Topic summary
72%7 analyzed articles/videos2,895 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Community Response results contain 46 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Biased Writer Voice, and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 13.7% saturation with 2,226 hits. Analysis detected 18,015 faulty-reasoning hits from 16,213 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of 37% (10,205 of 16,071 topics). This Community Response is better (less manipulative) than 63.50% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

37% percentile
025507510036.5% percentile
2.4% BS Score7 analyzed articles16.2K 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 7.9%7.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 13.7%13.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.0%3.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.5%2.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 3.3%3.3%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.2%1.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 12.6%12.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 8.5%8.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.9%2.9%

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 7.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 13.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 12.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 2.0%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate