Topic summary
⁠65%2 analyzed articles/videos514 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Congressional Ethics results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Anecdotal, and Unattributed Quote, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 33.3% saturation with 1,016 hits. Analysis detected 4,601 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,052 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠73% (4,233 of 15,689 topics). This Congressional Ethics is worse (more manipulative) than 73.00% of the peer group.
Congressional Ethics
Topic details
Total words: 3,052
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

73% percentile
025507510073.0% percentile
4.7% BS Score2 analyzed articles3.1K 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 8.2%8.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 33.3%33.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.2%1.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.4%7.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 13.8%13.8%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 8.4%8.4%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Topic 7.5%7.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.3%1.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.9%0.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 9.9%9.9%

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%Negativity Bias: Topic 33.3%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 13.8%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 11.1%Anecdotal: Topic 9.9%, sitewide 5.2%Availability Heuristic: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 9.1%Unattributed Quote: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 1.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 7.5%Burden of Proof: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 0.4%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.0%Ad Hominem: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 1.5%Indoctrination: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 0.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 3.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.3%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.0%Recency Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.8%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

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