Topic summary
78% 8 analyzed articles/videos 3,486 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Congressional Hearings results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Ad Hominem , and Hasty Generalization , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 12% saturation with 1,900 hits . Analysis detected 20,049 faulty-reasoning hits from 15,833 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of 40% (9,485 of 15,683 topics). This Congressional Hearings is better (less manipulative) than 60.50% of the peer group. Congressional Hearings
Topic details
Total words: 15,833
Article count: 8
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
40% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 39.5% percentile 2.5% BS Score8 analyzed articles15.8K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
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 1.7% 1.7% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Topic 10.1% 10.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 12.0% 12.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 8.9% 8.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.6% 0.6% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 10.8% 10.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 3.1% 3.1% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 0.7% 0.7% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Topic 5.3% 5.3% 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 12.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 10.8%, sitewide 5.3% Ad Hominem: Topic 10.1%, sitewide 2.2% Hasty Generalization: Topic 9.6%, sitewide 8.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.7% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 1.4% Anecdotal: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.6% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 3.1% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 2.7% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.7% False Dilemma: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.5% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7% Indoctrination: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 0.0% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Straw Man: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst