Topic summary
60% 53 analyzed articles/videos 33,408 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Congress results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Biased Writer Voice , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.7% saturation with 17,495 hits . Analysis detected 160,022 faulty-reasoning hits from 180,289 analyzed words across 53 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 12% (14,136 of 15,988 topics). This Congress is better (less manipulative) than 88.40% of the peer group. Congress
Topic details
Total words: 180,289
Article count: 53
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
12% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 11.6% percentile 1.6% BS Score53 analyzed articles180.3K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 8.7% 8.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 5.2% 5.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 9.7% 9.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.5% 2.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.9% 2.9% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 2.0% 2.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.9% 2.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 2.2% 2.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.9% 1.9% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 1.2% 1.2% 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 8.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 9.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 9.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 5.3% Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.0% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst