Topic summary
61% 10 analyzed articles/videos 3,762 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Confirmation Hearings results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Framing Effect , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 16.1% saturation with 6,584 hits . Analysis detected 41,950 faulty-reasoning hits from 40,777 analyzed words across 10 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 22% (12,061 of 15,447 topics). This Confirmation Hearings is better (less manipulative) than 78.10% of the peer group. Confirmation Hearings
Topic details
Total words: 40,777
Article count: 10
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
22% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 21.9% percentile 2.0% BS Score10 analyzed articles40.8K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 8.9% 8.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.4% 2.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 7.5% 7.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.1% 2.1% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 12.3% 12.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.7% 0.7% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.3% 1.3% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 0.2% 0.2% 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 8.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 16.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 12.3%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 5.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 2.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.7% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 2.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.3% Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.1% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst