Topic summary
0%1 analyzed article/video305 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Congressional Map results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Left Leaning Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Appeal to Authority, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 48.5% saturation with 444 hits. Analysis detected 1,921 faulty-reasoning hits from 915 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 8.1% and a BS Rank of 89% (1,838 of 16,562 topics). This Congressional Map is worse (more manipulative) than 88.90% of the peer group.
Congressional Map
Topic details
Total words: 915
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

89% percentile
025507510088.9% percentile
8.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles915 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 28.0%28.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 48.5%48.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.3%7.3%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Topic 10.5%10.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 13.2%13.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Topic 7.9%7.9%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 9.9%9.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 8.7%8.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 14.3%14.3%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Framing Effect: Topic 48.5%, sitewide 26.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 28.0%, sitewide 2.0%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 15.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 14.3%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 13.2%, sitewide 7.5%Bandwagon: Topic 10.5%, sitewide 2.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 9.9%, sitewide 4.6%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 5.3%Loss Aversion: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 2.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 6.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 2.7%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 1.4%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.3%, sitewide 3.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%False Dilemma: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 1.5%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.7%Recency Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 2.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.1%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.7%Actor-Observer Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 0.6%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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