Topic summary
61% 20 analyzed articles/videos 8,019 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Congressional Elections results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Biased Writer Voice , and Appeal to Emotion , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 13.4% saturation with 6,121 hits . Analysis detected 47,956 faulty-reasoning hits from 45,561 analyzed words across 20 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 24% (11,810 of 15,447 topics). This Congressional Elections is better (less manipulative) than 76.50% of the peer group. Congressional Elections
Topic details
Total words: 45,561
Article count: 20
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24% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 23.5% percentile 2.0% BS Score20 analyzed articles45.6K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 13.4% 13.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 9.0% 9.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 7.5% 7.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.8% 2.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.3% 2.3% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 1.2% 1.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 3.1% 3.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 3.4% 3.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 4.8% 4.8% 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 13.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 9.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 9.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 5.3% Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 5.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 2.0% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.9%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.8% Bandwagon: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.2% Indoctrination: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst