Topic summary
⁠62%1 analyzed article/video732 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Confederate Symbolism results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Negativity Bias, and Unattributed Quote, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 16.8% saturation with 369 hits. Analysis detected 2,096 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,196 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠65% (5,872 of 16,562 topics). This Confederate Symbolism is worse (more manipulative) than 64.50% of the peer group.
Confederate Symbolism
Topic details
Total words: 2,196
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

65% percentile
025507510064.5% percentile
3.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.1%1.1%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 16.8%16.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.2%1.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.8%10.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 13.8%13.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.5%0.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 6.7%6.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.2%2.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.7%0.7%

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 16.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 13.8%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 7.5%Unattributed Quote: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 1.1%Ad Hominem: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 2.2%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 5.2%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 3.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 0.0%Recency Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 2.7%Horn Effect: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.4%Tu Quoque: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.8%Special Pleading: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.3%Red Herring: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 0.7%False Dilemma: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.5%Primacy Effect: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 0.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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