Topic summary
0%1 analyzed article/video609 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Congressional Members results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Negativity Bias, with Politically Right Leaning Bias as the most egregious example at 35.9% saturation with 643 hits. Analysis detected 4,812 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,793 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 10.3% and a BS Rank of 93% (1,228 of 16,562 topics). This Congressional Members is worse (more manipulative) than 92.60% of the peer group.
Congressional Members
Topic details
Total words: 1,793
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

93% percentile
025507510092.6% percentile
10.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.8K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 35.9%35.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 24.1%24.1%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 18.6%18.6%Red HerringSitewide 0.7%Topic 11.5%11.5%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Topic 9.3%9.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 14.4%14.4%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 32.7%32.7%Tu QuoqueSitewide 0.2%Topic 5.3%5.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 16.0%16.0%Genetic FallacySitewide 1.4%Topic 6.3%6.3%

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%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 35.9%, sitewide 1.4%Framing Effect: Topic 32.7%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 24.1%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 20.3%, sitewide 19.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 18.6%, sitewide 2.2%Appeal to Authority: Topic 16.0%, sitewide 11.1%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 11.8%, sitewide 15.9%Confirmation Bias: Topic 14.4%, sitewide 7.5%Red Herring: Topic 11.5%, sitewide 0.7%Hasty Generalization: Topic 10.3%, sitewide 8.1%Begging the Question: Topic 9.3%, sitewide 1.7%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 3.7%In-Group Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 6.7%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 1.4%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 3.1%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 4.6%Tu Quoque: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 0.2%Special Pleading: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 0.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 4.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 2.7%Horn Effect: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 1.0%Slippery Slope: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.9%, sitewide 0.8%Politically Right Leaning BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

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