Topic summary
⁠96%2 analyzed articles/videos1,623 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Congressional Investigation results contain 44 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Hasty Generalization, and Negativity Bias, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 19.1% saturation with 1,156 hits. Analysis detected 8,851 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,067 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠57% (6,848 of 15,689 topics). This Congressional Investigation is worse (more manipulative) than 56.40% of the peer group.
Congressional Investigation
Topic details
Total words: 6,067
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

56% percentile
025507510056.4% percentile
3.3% BS Score2 analyzed articles6.1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 19.1%19.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.1%8.1%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 16.6%16.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.0%8.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 7.3%7.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 13.4%13.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.6%0.6%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 7.7%7.7%

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 16.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 19.2%Confirmation Bias: Topic 19.1%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 13.4%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 7.7%, sitewide 3.3%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 1.4%In-Group Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 5.3%Begging the Question: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 1.7%Anecdotal: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 4.6%Unattributed Quote: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 1.1%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.4%, sitewide 0.8%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Burden of Proof: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 0.4%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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